33 But Saul replied, “You can’t go fight this Philistine. You’re just a youth, and he’s been a warrior since he was young.”

34 David answered Saul, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth.(A) If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur,[a] strike it down, and kill it.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:35 LXX reads throat; lit beard

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