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 men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.” 26Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?” The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who kills him.” 28Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness 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 question?”

1 Samuel 17:27 word by word

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

• The peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• him in accord with thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• wordדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
• Thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• it will be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• killsנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:27

• 1 Samuel 17:25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

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