1 Samuel 17:42

וַיַּבֵּט הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּרְאֶה אֶת ־ דָּוִד וַיִּבְזֵהוּ כִּֽי ־ הָיָה נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם ־ יְפֵה מַרְאֶֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

In Context

41וַיֵּלֶךְ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֹלֵךְ וְקָרֵב אֶל ־ דָּוִד וְהָאִישׁ נֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה לְפָנָֽיו ׃

43וַיֹּאמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל ־ דָּוִד הֲכֶלֶב אָנֹכִי כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה בָֽא ־ אֵלַי בַּמַּקְלוֹת וַיְקַלֵּל הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶת ־ דָּוִד בֵּאלֹהָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:33וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל ־ דָּוִד לֹא תוּכַל לָלֶכֶת אֶל ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה לְהִלָּחֵם עִמּוֹ כִּֽי ־ נַעַר אַתָּה וְהוּא אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה מִנְּעֻרָֽיו ׃ ס

2 Kings 18:23וְעַתָּה הִתְעָרֶב נָא אֶת ־ אֲדֹנִי אֶת ־ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אַלְפַּיִם סוּסִים אִם ־ תּוּכַל לָתֶת לְךָ רֹכְבִים עֲלֵיהֶֽם ׃

Psalms 123:3חָנֵּנוּ יְהוָה חָנֵּנוּ כִּֽי ־ רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ בֽוּז ׃

Proverbs 16:18לִפְנֵי ־ שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רֽוּחַ ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:41-48

David Kills Goliath. ( b. c. 1060.) 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine… Read the whole commentary →

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