1 Samuel 17:30

1 Samuel 17:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
• New International Version (NIV)He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.

Context of 1 Samuel 17:30

28Now Eliab his oldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption (overconfidence) and the evil of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.” 29But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a [harmless] question?” Then David turned away from Eliab to someone else and asked the same question; and the people gave him the same answer as the first time. 31When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him. 32David said to Saul, “Let no man’s courage fail because of him (Goliath). Your servant will go out and fight with this Philistine.”

1 Samuel 17:30 word by word

וַיִּסֹּ֤ב מֵֽאֶצְלוֹ֙ אֶל־מ֣וּל אַחֵ֔ר וַיֹּ֖אמֶר כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיְשִׁבֻ֤הוּ הָעָם֙ דָּבָ֔ר כַּדָּבָ֖ר הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he turnedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• from himאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
• towardמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
• anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• and spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• after the same mannerדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• answeredדָּבָרdâbâr · word: speakingH1697
• him againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• after the formerרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:30

• 1 Samuel 17:26Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings