1 Samuel 17:30

30 He turned around from him to another opposite [him] and {he spoke to him in the same way}, and the people {answered him as before}.

1 Samuel 17:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:30

And he turned from him towards another
From his brother Eliab, to another person right against him, and directed his discourse to him:

and spake after the same manner:
as in ( 1 Samuel 17:26 ) ; inquiring what encouragement would he given to a man that should attempt to kill the Philistine, and expressing his concern to hear the armies of the living God defied by such a wretch:

and the people answered him again after the former manner;
telling him what gratuities and honours would be conferred on such a person, as in ( 1 Samuel 17:25 ) ; and the design of his talking to one, and to another, was, that what he had said might spread and reach to the ears of Saul, to whom in modesty he did not choose to apply himself.

1 Samuel 17:30 In-Context

28 His oldest brother Eliab heard while he was speaking to the men, {and Eliab became very angry against David} and said, "Why have you come down today, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumptuousness and the evil of your heart! For you have come down in order to see the battle!"

29 David replied, "What have I done now? {I merely asked a question}!

30 He turned around from him to another opposite [him] and {he spoke to him in the same way}, and the people {answered him as before}.

31 Now the words which David had spoken were heard and they reported [them] {to} Saul, and he summoned him.

32 David said to Saul, "Do not let anyone's heart fail concerning him! Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and he said according to this word"
• [b]. Or "troops"
• [c]. Literally "returned to him a word as the first word"