1 Samuel 17:27

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 17:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

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KJV

King James Version

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

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WEB

World English Bible

The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

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1 Samuel 17

²⁵ Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

²⁶ David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

²⁷ The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

²⁸ Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

²⁹ “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

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