Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6258 [e] וְ֠עַתָּה wə-‘at-tāh Now therefore Conj-w | Adv 3541 [e] כֹּֽה־ kōh- thus Adv 559 [e] תֹאמַ֞ר ṯō-mar shall you say V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 5650 [e] לְעַבְדִּ֣י lə-‘aḇ-dî to My servant Prep-l | N-msc | 1cs 1732 [e] לְדָוִ֗יד lə-ḏā-wîḏ, David Prep-l | N-proper-ms   ס s - Punc 3541 [e] כֹּ֤ה kōh thus Adv 559 [e] אָמַר֙ ’ā-mar says V-Qal-Perf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֣ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 6635 [e] צְבָא֔וֹת ṣə-ḇā-’ō-wṯ, of hosts N-cp 589 [e] אֲנִ֤י ’ă-nî I Pro-1cs 3947 [e] לְקַחְתִּ֙יךָ֙ lə-qaḥ-tî-ḵā took you V-Qal-Perf-1cs | 2ms 4480 [e] מִן־ min- from Prep 5116 [e] הַנָּוֶ֔ה han-nā-weh, the sheepfold Art | N-ms 4480 [e] מִֽן־ min- from Prep 310 [e] אַחֲרֵ֖י ’a-ḥă-rê following Prep 6629 [e] הַצֹּ֑אן haṣ-ṣōn; the sheep Art | N-cs 1961 [e] לִהְי֣וֹת lih-yō-wṯ to be Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5057 [e] נָגִ֔יד nā-ḡîḏ, ruler N-ms 5921 [e] עַ֖ל ‘al over Prep 5971 [e] עַמִּ֥י ‘am-mî My people N-msc | 1cs 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ yiś-rā-’êl. Israel N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
"Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

King James Bible
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now this is what you will say to My servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.

I took thee

Exodus 3:1-10 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest …

1 Samuel 16:11,12 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, …

1 Samuel 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 7:8 Now therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the …

Psalm 78:70,71 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds…

Amos 7:14,15 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither …

Matthew 4:18-22 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon …

Luke 5:10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were …

from following [heb] from after
ruler

2 Samuel 6:21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me …

Matthew 2:6 And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the …

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