1 Samuel 17:33-35

Contemporary English Version

³³ “You don't have a chance against him,” Saul replied. “You're only a boy, and he's been a soldier all his life.”

³⁴ But David told him:

Your Majesty, I take care of my father's sheep. And when one of them is dragged off by a lion or a bear, ³⁵ I go after it and beat the wild animal until it lets the sheep go. If the wild animal turns and attacks me, I grab it by the throat and kill it.