1 Samuel 17:27
Good News Translation
They told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.

New Revised Standard Version
The people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers told David what the king would give the man who killed Goliath.

New American Bible
They repeated the same words to him and said, “That is how the man who kills him will be rewarded.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

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And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

So shall it

1 Samuel 17:25 And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

Context
David Accepts the Challenge
26And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.28Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why camest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:25
And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

1 Samuel 17:30
And he turned a little aside from him to another: and said the same word. And the people answered him as before.

1 Samuel 17:26
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