1 Samuel 17:34

Plain English Version

But David said, “I look after my father’s sheep and goats. A lion or a bear might grab a sheep, and drag it away to eat.

Cross References

Genesis 31:39

And whenever a wild animal killed one of your sheep or goats, I always paid for it. I never showed you that dead sheep or goat, I never asked you to pay for it. You made me pay for every sheep or goat that somebody stole, even if that happened at night time. That’s not fair.

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father and his men are strong soldiers. They are good fighters, like cheeky wild animals. And he really knows what he is doing too. He always sleeps a long way from the soldiers, so he will stay safe.

Luke 2:8

Not far away, on that same night, some men were out in the grass lands looking after their sheep.

Romans 5:4

And after we learn to keep on believing, then we will become better people. And after we become better people, we can think about the time that will come, the time when everything will be good for us.

1 Samuel 17:15

That happened every day. Goliath used to go out and say that in the early morning and late afternoon. He did that for 40 days. At that time, David kept on going back from Saul’s place to his father’s place, to look after his father’s sheep.

1 Samuel 17:33

Saul said, “No way. You can’t fight with him. You are only a young man, and he’s a brave soldier. He was a soldier since he was young.”

1 Samuel 17:35

I chase it, and I hit the cheeky animal, until it lets the sheep go. If it tries to bite and scratch me, I grab it by the hair and kill it dead.