1 Samuel 17:40

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu Daud mengambil tongkatnya di tangannya, dipilihnya dari dasar sungai lima batu yang licin dan ditaruhnya dalam kantung gembala yang dibawanya, yakni tempat batu-batu, sedang umbannya dipegangnya di tangannya. Demikianlah ia mendekati orang Filistin itu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu Daud mengambil tongkatnya di tangannya, dipilihnya dari dasar sungai lima batu yang licin dan ditaruhnya dalam kantung gembala yang dibawanya, yakni tempat batu-batu, sedang umbannya dipegangnya di tangannya. Demikianlah ia mendekati orang Filistin itu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka diambilnya tongkatnya pada tangannya dan dipilihnya akan dirinya lima buah batu yang licin dari dalam sungai, dibubuhnya dalam bokca gembala yang padanya, yaitu dalam buntilnya, dan diambilnya akan pengali-alinya pada tangannya, lalu iapun menghampiri orang Filistin itu.

Contextual Overview

⁴⁰ And toke his staffe in his hand, and chose him fiue smoth stones out of a brooke, and put them in a shepheardes bagge which he had, that is in a scrippe, and his sling was in his hande, and he went to the Philistine. ⁴¹ And the Philistine came and drewe neare against Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him. ⁴² And when the Philistine loked about & sawe Dauid, he disdayned him: for he was but young, ruddie & of a comly face. ⁴³ And the Philistine sayd vnto Dauid: Am I a dogge, that thou commest to me with staues? And the Philistine cursed Dauid in ye name of his goddes. ⁴⁴ And the Philistine sayde to Dauid: Come to me, and I wyll geue thy fleshe vnto the foules of the ayre, and to the beastes of the fielde. ⁴⁵ Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine: Thou commest to me with a sword, a speare, & a shielde: But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hoastes, the God of the hoast of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon. ⁴⁶ This day shal the Lorde close thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee, & take thyne head from thee, & will geue the carkases of the hoast of the Philistines this daye vnto the foules of the ayre, & to the beastes of the earth, that all they which be in the worlde, maye knowe that there is a God in Israel: ⁴⁷ And all this congregation shal know that the Lorde saueth not with sword, & speare (For the battaile is ye Lordes) and he shall geue you into our handes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

staff: Judges 3:31, Judges 7:16-20, Judges 15:15, Judges 15:16, Judges 20:16, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

brook: or, valley

bag: Heb. vessel, Matthew 10:10

Reciprocal: Isaiah 36:8 - and I Zechariah 11:7 - staves 1 Corinthians 1:25 - the foolishness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took his staff in his hand,.... His shepherd's staff, which he used in keeping his father's sheep, and chose rather to appear in the habit of a shepherd than of a soldier:

and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook; which ran in the valley, which became smooth by lying in the water running over them; and which being smooth were fitter for his purpose, being the more easily cast out of the sling; though De Dieu is of opinion that these were parts or pieces of stones, cleft ones, which were rough and rugged, and which would more easily and firmly be fixed in the forehead of the Philistine:

and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; in which he had been wont to put things he needed for the good of the flock, and was such as travellers put their food in; and this might also be the use of it with shepherds; but, according to the Ethiopic interpreters k, it was that piece of the leather in the midst of the sling, in which the slingers used to put the stones, that they might stick the more firmly:

and his sling [was] in his hand; which he intended to use in slinging the stone or stones he had in his scrip; and which was an exercise he had been accustomed to in all likelihood, and for which the Benjaminites his neighbours, of the next tribe, were very famous:

and he drew near to the Philistine; marched towards him, thereby signifying that he accepted his challenge, and would enter the list with him.

k Apud Ludolf. Lexic. Ethiop. p. 84.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 17:40. He took his staff — What we would call his crook.

Five smooth stones —

1. Had they been rough or angular, they would not have passed easily through the air, and their asperities would, in the course of their passage, have given them a false direction.

2. Had they not been smooth, they could not have been readily despatched from the sling.

A shepherd's bag — That in which he generally carried his provisions while keeping the sheep in the open country.

And his sling — The sling, both among the Greeks and Hebrews, has been a powerful offensive weapon. See what has been said on Judges 20:16. It is composed of two strings and a leathern strap; the strap is in the middle, and is the place where the stone or bullet lies. The string on the right end of the strap is firmly fastened to the hand; that on the left is held between the thumb and middle joint of the fore finger. It is then whirled two or three times round the head; and when discharged, the finger and thumb let go their hold of the left end string. The velocity and force of the sling are in proportion to the distance of the strap, where the bullet lies, from the shoulder joint. Hence the ancient Baleares, or inhabitants of Majorca and Minorca, are said to have had three slings of different lengths, the longest they used when the enemy was at the greatest distance; the middle one, on their nearer approach; and the shortest, when they came into the ordinary fighting distance in the field. The shortest is the most certain, though not the most powerful. The Balearians are said to have had one of their slings constantly bound about their head, to have used the second as a girdle, and to have carried the third always in their hand. See DIOD. Sic. lib. v., c. 18, p. 286, edit. Bipont.

In the use of the sling it requires much practice to hit the mark; but when once this dexterity is acquired, the sling is nearly as fatal as the musket or bow; see on 1 Samuel 17:49. David was evidently an expert marksman; and his sling gave him greatly the advantage over Goliath; an advantage of which the giant does not seem to have been aware. He could hit him within any speaking distance, if he missed once, he had as many chances as he had stones; and after all, being unencumbered with armour, young, and athletic, he could have saved his life by flight. Against him the Philistine could do but little, except in close fight; it is true he appears to have had a javelin or missile spear, (see on 1 Samuel 17:6), but David took care to prevent the use of all such weapons, by giving him the first blow.