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

28Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. Then Eliab became angry with David. “Why did you come here,” he asked him, “and with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how overconfident and headstrong you are. You came here just to see the battle.” 29“What have I done now?” David snapped at him. “Didn’t I ⌞merely⌟ ask a question?” He turned to face another man and asked the same question, and the other soldiers gave him the same answer. 31What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, who then sent for him. 32David told Saul, “No one should be discouraged because of this. I will go and fight 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 17:26David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and gets rid of Israel’s disgrace? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should challenge the army 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