Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:34

34 Dàwèi duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ púrén wèi fùqin fàng yáng , yǒu shí lái le shīzi , yǒu shí lái le xióng , cóng qún zhōng xián yī zhǐ yánggāo qù .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said unto Saul
In answer to his objection of inability to encounter with one so superior to him; and this answer is founded on experience and facts, and shows that he was not so weak and inexpert as Saul took him to be:

thy servant kept his father's sheep;
which he was not ashamed to own, and especially as it furnished him with an stance of his courage, bravery, and success, and which would be convincing to Saul:

and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock;
not that they came together; though Kimchi so interprets it, "a lion with a bear"; but these are creatures that do not use to go together; and besides, both could not be said with propriety to take one and the same lamb out of the flock: to which may be added, that David in ( 1 Samuel 17:35 ) speaks only of one, out of whose mouth he took the lamb; wherefore the words may be rendered, "a lion or a bear" ^F6; and if the copulative "and" is retained, the meaning can only be, that at different times they would come and take a lamb, a lion at one time, and a bear at another.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (bwdh taw yrah) "leo vel ursus", V. L. "leo aut ursus", Junius & Tremellius, Bochart. Noldius, p. 271.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:34 In-Context

32 Dàwèi duì Sǎoluó shuō , rén dōu bù bì yīn nà Fēilìshì rén dǎnqiè . nǐde púrén yào qù yǔ nà Fēilìshì rén zhàn dǒu .

33 Sǎoluó duì Dàwèi shuō , nǐ bùnéng qù yǔ nà Fēilìshì rén zhàn dǒu . yīnwei nǐ niánjì taì qīng , tā zì yòu jiù zuò zhànshì .

34 Dàwèi duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ púrén wèi fùqin fàng yáng , yǒu shí lái le shīzi , yǒu shí lái le xióng , cóng qún zhōng xián yī zhǐ yánggāo qù .

35 Wǒ jiù zhuīgǎn tā , jī dá tā , jiang yánggāo cóng tā kǒu zhōng jiù chūlai . tā qǐlai yào haì wǒ , wǒ jiù jiū zhe tā de hú zǐ , jiāng tā dá sǐ .

36 Nǐ púrén céng dá sǐ shīzi hé xióng , zhè wèi shòu gēlǐ de Fēilìshì rén xiàng yǒngshēng shén de jūnduì mà zhèn , yĕ bì xiàng shīzi hé xióng yìbān .