1 Samuel 17:27
What does 1 Samuel 17:27 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 17:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, `Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.
Context
v.26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
v.27This passage
v.28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:25
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
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