1 Samuel 17:32

32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

1 Samuel 17:32 in Other Translations

32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

32 And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”

32 "Master," said David, "don't give up hope. I'm ready to go and fight this Philistine."

32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

32 David told Saul, "No one should be discouraged because of this. I will go and fight this Philistine."

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

32 David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone lose hope because of that Philistine. I'll go out and fight him."

1 Samuel 17:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:32

And David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of
him
The Philistine, though so gigantic, mighty, and blustering: this he said within himself, so Kimchi; as David perceived the hearts of most, if not all, did, since none dared to go out and fight him, but on the contrary fled from him:

thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine;
and therefore there need be no thought, care, or concern to look out for another man.

1 Samuel 17:32 In-Context

30 He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.

31 What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.

32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

33 Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 20:3; Psalms 18:45; Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 38:4; Daniel 11:30; 1 Samuel 16:18