1 Samuel 17:27
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
1 Samuel 17:27 in other translations
| BSB | The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.” |
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| WEB | The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.” |
| ASV | And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. |
| YLT | And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, ‘Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.' |
| DARBY | And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him. |
| BBE | And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him. |
| Webster | And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. |
What does 1 Samuel 17:27 mean?
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…
1 Samuel 17:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:27
- 1 Samuel 17:25
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 17:26
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:27
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
- 1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1 Samuel 17:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el pueblo le respondió las mismas palabras, diciendo: Así se hará al hombre que lo venciere. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le peuple lui parla selon cette parole, et dit: C’est ainsi qu’on fera à l’homme qui l’aura frappé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Volk sprach zu ihm nach jenem Worte und sagte: So soll dem Manne geschehen, der ihn erschlägt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Hæc dabuntur viro qui percusserit eum. |