1 Samuel 17 · Verse 18

1 Samuel 17:18

And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1 Samuel 17:18, King James Version

1 Samuel 17:18 in other translations

BSBTake also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
WEBand bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
ASVand bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
YLTand these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.'
DARBYand carry these ten cheeses to the captain of the thousand, and visit thy brethren to see how they are, and take a pledge of them.
BBEAnd take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
WebsterAnd carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

What does 1 Samuel 17:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. carry these ten cheeses to the captain--to enlist his kind attention. Oriental cheeses are very small; and although they are frequently made of so soft a consistence as to resemble curds, those which David carried seem to have been fully formed, pressed, and sufficiently dried to admit of their being carried. take their pledge--Tokens of the soldiers' health and safety were sent home in the convenient form of a lock of their hair, or piece of their nail, or such like.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Carry these ten cheeses - Cheeses of milk, says the margin. In the East they do not make what we call cheese: they press the milk but slightly, and carry it in rush baskets. It is highly salted, and little different from curds.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:12-30

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…

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1 Samuel 17:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֠אֵתVe.'etand <obj.>H853
עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת'a.Se.ret[the] tenH6235
חֲרִצֵ֤יcha.ri.Tzei[the] portions ofH2757
הֶֽחָלָב֙he.cha.Lav<the> milkH2461
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
תָּבִ֖יאta.Vi'you will bringH935
לְשַׂר\־le.sar-to [the] commander ofH8269
הָאָ֑לֶףha.'A.lefthe thousandH505
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַחֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Chei.khabrothers yourH251
תִּפְקֹ֣דtif.Kodyou will pay attentionH6485
לְשָׁל֔וֹםle.sha.Lomto welfareH7965
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם'a.ru.ba.Tampledge theirH6161
תִּקָּֽח\׃ti.Kachyou will takeH3947

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:18

  • Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • 1 Samuel 16:20

    And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:5-6

    For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

  • Acts 15:36

    And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

  • 2 Samuel 17:29

    And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

  • Job 10:10

    Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
carry.
16:20
cheeses. Heb. cheeses of milk.
2Sa 17:29; Job 10:10
their thousand. Heb. a thousand. look.
Ge 37:14; Ac 15:36; 1Th 3:5,6

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 17:17

    And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

  • 1 Samuel 17:18

    And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

  • 1 Samuel 17:19

    Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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1 Samuel 17:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Llevarás asimismo estos diez quesos de leche al capitán, y cuida de ver si tus hermanos están buenos, y toma prendas de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ces dix fromages de lait, tu les porteras au chef du millier; et tu t’informeras touchant le bien-être de tes frères, et tu prendras d’eux un gage.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und diese zehn Schnitten Milchkäse bringe dem Obersten über tausend und besuche deine Brüder, um nach ihrem Wohlergehen zu fragen, und nimm ein Pfand von ihnen mit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.