1 Samuel 17:43

43 Disse ele a Davi: “Por acaso sou um cão, para que você venha contra mim com pedaços de pau?” E o filisteu amaldiçoou Davi, invocando seus deuses,

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 Enquanto isso, o filisteu, com seu escudeiro à frente, vinha se aproximando de Davi.

42 Olhou para Davi com desprezo, viu que era só um rapaz, ruivo e de boa aparência, e fez pouco caso dele.

43 Disse ele a Davi: “Por acaso sou um cão, para que você venha contra mim com pedaços de pau?” E o filisteu amaldiçoou Davi, invocando seus deuses,

44 e disse: “Venha aqui, e darei sua carne às aves do céu e aos animais do campo!”

45 Davi, porém, disse ao filisteu: “Você vem contra mim com espada, com lança e com dardos, mas eu vou contra você em nome do SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus dos exércitos de Israel, a quem você desafiou.