1 Samuel 17:31
New International Version
What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.

New Living Translation
Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.

English Standard Version
When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

Berean Standard Bible
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.

King James Bible
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

New King James Version
Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him.

New American Standard Bible
When the words that David spoke were heard, they informed Saul, and he sent for him.

NASB 1995
When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.

NASB 1977
When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the words which David spoke were heard. And they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.

Amplified Bible
When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him.

Christian Standard Bible
What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, so he had David brought to him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, so he had David brought to him.

American Standard Version
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the words that David spoke were reported before Shaul, and he brought him

Contemporary English Version
Some soldiers overheard David talking, so they told Saul what David had said. Saul sent for David, and David came.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.

English Revised Version
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, who then sent for him.

Good News Translation
Some men heard what David had said, and they told Saul, who sent for him.

International Standard Version
When the words that David had spoken were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he was taken to him.

Literal Standard Version
And the words which David has spoken are heard, and they declare [them] before Saul, and he receives him;

Majority Standard Bible
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.

New American Bible
The words that David had spoken were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.

NET Bible
When David's words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.

New Revised Standard Version
When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul; and he sent for him.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the words which David hath spoken are heard, and they declare before Saul, and he receiveth him;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David Accepts the Challenge
30Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered. 31 Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him. 32And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”…

Cross References
1 Samuel 17:30
Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

1 Samuel 17:32
And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!"


Treasury of Scripture

And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

sent for him [heb] took him

Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

The preceding twenty verses, from the

1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1 Samuel 16:16
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

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1 Samuel 17
1. The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle
4. Goliath challenges a combat
12. David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge
28. Eliab chides him
30. He is brought to Saul
32. shows the reason of his confidence
38. and slays the giant
55. Saul takes notice of David














(31) He sent for him.--No doubt much more was said by the brave shepherd boy than the compiler of the history has preserved for us in the brief account here. David felt that supernatural strength had been communicated to him by the Spirit of God, which came upon him on the day of his anointing (1Samuel 16:13), and it is probable that he had openly avowed his earnest desire of meeting the dreaded foe face to face. This had been reported to Saul.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now David's
דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

words
דִּבֶּ֣ר (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

were overheard
וַיְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙‪‬ (way·yəš·šā·mə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

and reported
וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ (way·yag·gi·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

to
לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

Saul,
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

who called for him.
וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ׃ (way·yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take


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