1 Samuel 17:27

27 They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

1 Samuel 17:27 in Other Translations

27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

27 And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

27 And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”

27 They told him what everyone was saying about what the king would do for the man who killed the Philistine.

27 The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

1 Samuel 17:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:27

And the people answered him after this manner
Told him what was proposed to be done in honour to the man that should attempt to kill him, and succeed:

saying, so shall it be done to the man that killeth him;
as before related, that he should be enriched, marry the king's daughter, and his family be ennobled, ( 1 Samuel 17:25 ) .

1 Samuel 17:27 In-Context

25 Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.”

26 David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

27 They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

29 “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”