Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:43

43 Fēilìshì rén duì Dàwèi shuō , nǐ ná zhàng dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , wǒ qǐ shì gǒu ne . Fēilìshì rén jiù zhǐ zhe zìjǐ de shén zhòuzǔ Dàwèi .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:43 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said unto David, [am] I a dog?
&c.] Truly David did not think him much better, because of his impudence, impurity, and barking blasphemy against God, and the armies of Israel; the Targum is,

``am I a despised dog?''

verily he was by David:

that thou comest to me with staves?
or with a staff, the plural for the singular, to beat him with it as a dog is beaten, and as David used to beat his dog with, while keeping his father's sheep, when the dog he had with him did not do his business as he should; he says nothing of his sling and stones, they being out of sight:

and the Philistine cursed David by his gods:
by Dagon and others; he made an imprecation by them, and wished the greatest evils might befall him from them; he devoted him to them, and doubted not to make a sacrifice of him.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:43 In-Context

41 Fēilìshì rén yĕ jiànjiàn dì yíng zhaó Dàwèi lái , ná dùnpái de zǒu zaì qiántou .

42 Fēilìshì rén guānkàn , jiàn le Dàwèi , jiù miǎoshì tā . yīnwei tā niánqīng , miàn sè guāng hóng , róngmào jùnmĕi .

43 Fēilìshì rén duì Dàwèi shuō , nǐ ná zhàng dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , wǒ qǐ shì gǒu ne . Fēilìshì rén jiù zhǐ zhe zìjǐ de shén zhòuzǔ Dàwèi .

44 Fēilìshì rén yòu duì Dàwèi shuō , lái ba . wǒ jiāng nǐde ròu gĕi kōng zhōng de fēiniǎo , tiānyĕ de zǒushòu chī .

45 Dàwèi duì Fēilìshì rén shuō , nǐ lái gōngjī wǒ , shì kào zhe dāo qiāng hé tóng jǐ . wǒ lái gōngjī nǐ , shì kào zhe wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá de míng , jiù shì nǐ suǒ nù mà daìlǐng Yǐsèliè jūnduì de shén .