1 Samuel 17:43

43 —¿Soy acaso un perro —le rugió a David— para que vengas contra mí con un palo?
Y maldijo a David en nombre de sus dioses.

1 Samuel 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.

1 Samuel 17:43 In-Context

41 Goliat caminaba hacia David con su escudero delante de él,

42 mirando con desdén al muchacho de mejillas sonrosadas.

43 —¿Soy acaso un perro —le rugió a David— para que vengas contra mí con un palo?
Y maldijo a David en nombre de sus dioses.

44 —¡Ven aquí, y les daré tu carne a las aves y a los animales salvajes! —gritó Goliat.

45 David le respondió al filisteo:
—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, pero yo vengo contra ti en nombre del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel, a quien tú has desafiado.