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33 Saul told David, “You can’t go against this Philistine and fight him. You are only a young man, but he has been a warrior since his youth.”

34 David told Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd for his father. When a lion or bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:35 The Heb. lacks the lamb
  2. 1 Samuel 17:35 Lit. beard

33 Saul replied,(A) “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion(B) or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized(C) it by its hair, struck it and killed it.

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