1 Samuel 17:27

1 Samuel 17:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
• New International Version (NIV)They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”

Context of 1 Samuel 17:27

25The Israelites said to each other, ‘Look at this man! He is so strong! He comes every day to insult us. King Saul will give great riches to any man who can kill Goliath. The king will give his daughter to that man, for him to marry her. His family will never again have to pay taxes to the king.’ 26David asked the men who were standing near him, ‘If someone kills this Philistine soldier and takes away the shame from Israel, what gift will he get? He is an unclean Philistine! He must stop insulting the army of our God, who lives for ever.’ The men then told David what the king had promised to do. They said, ‘This is what the king will do to help the man who kills that Philistine soldier.’ 28When David was speaking with the soldiers, his oldest brother, Eliab, heard him. He became angry with David. He asked David, ‘Why have you come here? You should be taking care of a few sheep in the wilderness. Who is taking care of them now? I know how proud you are! I know about your wicked ideas! You came here only to watch the battle.’ 29David said, ‘Have I done anything wrong? I only asked a question.’

1 Samuel 17:27 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הָעָ֔ם כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּ֣ה יֵעָשֶׂ֔ה לָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַכֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• him after this mannerדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
• So shall it be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that killethנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:27

• 1 Samuel 17:25The Israelites said to each other, ‘Look at this man! He is so strong! He comes every day to insult us. King Saul will give great riches to any man who can kill Goliath. The king will give his daughter to that man, for him to marry her. His family will never again have to pay taxes to the king.’

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:27

• 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