1 Samuel 17:42

42 mirando con desdén al muchacho de mejillas sonrosadas.

1 Samuel 17:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he
disdained him
He looked about for his antagonist, to take a view of him, what sort of a man he was, expecting to see one much like himself; but observing a puny young man, he despised him in his heart, and perhaps looked upon it as an affront to him to send such a man to fight with him:

for he was [but] a youth;
his age was one reason why he despised him, being, as before observed, about twenty years of age, and not come to his full strength, a stripling, as he is called, ( 1 Samuel 17:56 ) , another reason follows,

and ruddy, and of a fair countenance;
looked effeminate, had not the appearance of a soldier, of a weather beaten veteran, exposed to heat and cold, and inured to hardships.

1 Samuel 17:42 In-Context

40 Tomó cinco piedras lisas de un arroyo y las metió en su bolsa de pastor. Luego, armado únicamente con su vara de pastor y su honda, comenzó a cruzar el valle para luchar contra el filisteo.

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.