1 Samuel 17:33

Contextual Overview

³¹What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, so he had David brought to him. ³¹ When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Sha'ul; and he sent for him. ³¹ And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. ³¹ Now the words which David had spoken were heard and they reported them to Saul, and he summoned him. ³¹ When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. ³¹ Yet what David said was told to Saul, and he sent for David. ³¹ When David's words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him. ³¹When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him. ³¹ When the words that David spoke were heard, they informed Saul, and he sent for him. ³¹ And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou art not: Numbers 13:31, Deuteronomy 9:2, Psalms 11:1, Revelation 13:4

for thou art but: 1 Samuel 17:42, 1 Samuel 17:56

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:19 - with the sheep 1 Samuel 17:31 - sent for him Psalms 71:5 - my trust Daniel 2:26 - Art Hebrews 11:33 - stopped

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him,.... Had neither strength of body, nor skill in military affairs, to encounter with a man of his stature, and warlike genius and practice:

for thou [art but] a youth; some say about fourteen or sixteen years of age, but very probably about twenty, and not more, and so not only weak, but inexpert in the art of fighting:

and he a man of war from his youth; a gigantic man, trained up in, inured to, and expert in the affairs of war; so that David could not, on any account, be a competitor with him, and a match for him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Thou art but a youth — Supposed to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years of age.