KJV King James Version
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
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1 Samuel 17:34
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
WEB World English Bible
David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,
ASV American Standard Version
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David saith unto Saul, ‘A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come—and the bear—and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 17
31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught [him] by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayדָּוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulרֹעֶ֨הH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsהָיָ֧הH1961 · ha.yahto beעַבְדְּךָ֛H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveלְאָבִ֖יוH1 · avfatherבַּצֹּ֑אןH6629 · tsonflockוּבָ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeהָֽאֲרִי֙H738 · a.rilionוְאֶת־H854 · etwithהַדּ֔וֹבH1677 · dovbearוְנָשָׂ֥אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseשֶׂ֖הH7716 · sehsheepמֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃H5739 · e.derflock
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