1 Samuel 17:33 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:33

But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

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ASV

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

KJV

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שָׁא֜וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תוּכַל֙	tu.Khal	you will be able	H3201 →
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙	la.Le.khet	to go	H1980 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
הַזֶּ֔ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם	le.hi.la.Chem	to fight	H3898 →
עִמּ֑וֹ	i.Mo	with him	H5973 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נַ֣עַר	Na.'ar	[are] a youth	H5288 →
אַ֔תָּה	'A.tah	you	H859 →
וְה֛וּא	ve.Hu'	and he	H1931 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	[is] a man of	H376 →
מִלְחָמָ֖ה	mil.cha.Mah	war	H4421 →
מִנְּעֻרָֽיו׃ ס	mi.ne.'u.Rav	since youth<s> his	H5271 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:28
  Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…
- Joshua 14:8
  Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
- Hebrews 3:19
  So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
- Numbers 32:9
  For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- Deuteronomy 9:1
  Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Through
Revelation 13:4
They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
leads to
- Revelation 13:2
  The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
- Revelation 18:18
  and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
Through
1 Samuel 17:42
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:12
  So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

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