1 Samuel 17:34 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:34

David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

KJV

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy servant kept his father’s sheep - He found it necessary to give Saul the reasons why he undertook this combat; and why he expected to be victorious. 1. I have courage to undertake it, and strength to perform it. 2. Both have been tried in a very signal manner: (1). A lion came upon my flock, and seized a lamb; I ran after him, he attacked me, I seized hold of him by his shaggy locks, smote and slew him, and delivered the lamb. (2). A bear came in the same way, and I attacked and slew him.

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was the praise of this humility that it came after he had the honour of a courtier, and the reward of it that it came before the honour of a conqueror. Before honour is humility. Now he had that opportunity of mediation and prayer, and other acts of devotion, which fitted him for what he was destined to more than all the military exercises of that inglorious camp could do.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
רֹעֶ֨ה	ro.'Eh	shepherding	H7462 →
הָיָ֧ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
עַבְדְּךָ֛	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
לְאָבִ֖יו	le.'a.Viv	for father his	H1 →
בַּצֹּ֑אן	ba.Tzon	<in> the flock	H6629 →
וּבָ֤א	u.Va'	and it came	H935 →
הָֽאֲרִי֙	ha.'a.Ri	the lion	H738 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and with	H854 →
הַדּ֔וֹב	ha.Dov	the bear	H1677 →
וְנָשָׂ֥א	ve.na.Sa'	and it carried off	H5375 →
שֶׂ֖ה	seh	a sheep	H7716 →
מֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃	me.ha.'E.der	from the flock	H5739 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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