1 Samuel 17:30

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

1 Samuel 17:30 in Other Translations

30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

30 And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.

30 He walked over to some others and asked them the same thing and received the same answer.

30 Ignoring his brother, he turned to someone else, asked the same question, and got the same answer as before.

30 Then he turned from those beside him to others in front of him and asked about the offer. The people gave him the same answer as before.

1 Samuel 17:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:30

And he turned from him towards another
From his brother Eliab, to another person right against him, and directed his discourse to him:

and spake after the same manner:
as in ( 1 Samuel 17:26 ) ; inquiring what encouragement would he given to a man that should attempt to kill the Philistine, and expressing his concern to hear the armies of the living God defied by such a wretch:

and the people answered him again after the former manner;
telling him what gratuities and honours would be conferred on such a person, as in ( 1 Samuel 17:25 ) ; and the design of his talking to one, and to another, was, that what he had said might spread and reach to the ears of Saul, to whom in modesty he did not choose to apply himself.

1 Samuel 17:30 In-Context

28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

29 “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”

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.”