1 Samuel 17:30

30 When he turned to other people and asked the same questions, they gave him the same answer 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 When David's oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers, he was angry with David. He asked David, "Why did you come here? Who's taking care of those few sheep of yours in the desert? I know you are proud and wicked at heart. You came down here just to watch the battle."

29 David asked, "Now what have I done wrong? Can't I even talk?"

30 When he turned to other people and asked the same questions, they gave him the same answer as before.

31 Yet what David said was told to Saul, and he sent for David.

32 David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone be discouraged. I, your servant, will go and fight this Philistine!"