1 Samuel 17:42

42 Le echó una mirada a David y, al darse cuenta de que era apenas un muchacho, trigueño y buen mozo, con desprecio

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 su bastón, fue al río a escoger cinco piedras lisas, y las metió en su bolsa de pastor. Luego, honda en mano, se acercó al filisteo.

41 Este, por su parte, también avanzaba hacia David detrás de su escudero.

42 Le echó una mirada a David y, al darse cuenta de que era apenas un muchacho, trigueño y buen mozo, con desprecio

43 le dijo:—¿Soy acaso un perro para que vengas a atacarme con palos?Y maldiciendo a David en nombre de sus dioses,

44 añadió:—¡Ven acá, que les voy a echar tu carne a las aves del cielo y a las fieras del campo!