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35 I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the lamb[a] from its mouth. Then when it rose up against me, I would grab it by its fur,[b] strike it down, and kill it. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he defied[c] the armies of the living God.” 37 David continued, “The Lord who delivered me from the power of[d] the lion and the power of[e] the bear will also deliver me from the power of[f] this Philistine.”

Saul told David, “Go! And may the Lord be with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:35 The Heb. lacks the lamb
  2. 1 Samuel 17:35 Lit. beard
  3. 1 Samuel 17:36 Or challenged
  4. 1 Samuel 17:37 Or hand of
  5. 1 Samuel 17:37 Or hand of
  6. 1 Samuel 17:37 Or hand of