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

25“Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!” 26David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?” And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.” 28But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!” 29“What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking 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 17:25“Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”

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