1 Samuel 17:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

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  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
  • Deut 9:2 : 2 A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, of whom you have knowledge and of whom it has been said, All are forced to give way before the sons of Anak.
  • 1 Sam 17:42 : 42 And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
  • 1 Sam 17:56 : 56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
  • Rev 13:4 : 4 And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?

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  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 17:34-39
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    34And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

    35I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.

    36Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

    37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

    38Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.

    39And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-11
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    8He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

    9If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

    10And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

    11And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 17:41-45
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    41And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

    42And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.

    43And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.

    44And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Sam 17:55-58
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    55And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

    56And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

    57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

    58And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
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    25And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

    26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
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    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

  • 1 Sam 17:50-51
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    50So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

    51So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

  • 1 Sam 17:47-48
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    47And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.

    48Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 18:17
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    17And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
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    52All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

  • 1 Sam 17:14-16
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    14And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.

    15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

    16And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

  • 1 Sam 17:2
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    2And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

  • 1 Sam 18:25
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    25And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
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    17But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

  • 1 Sam 17:4
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    4And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 23:2
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    2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

  • 1 Sam 16:18
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    18Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.