34David said to Saul, |Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,


In Context

31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

32 David said to Saul, |Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.|

33 Saul said to David, |You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.|

34 David said to Saul, |Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

35 I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.|

1 Samuel 17:34 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:34But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said to Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:34And David saith unto Saul, 'A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come — and the bear — and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:34And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: