NET Bible
"The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying,“This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”"
— 1 Samuel 17:27, NET Bible
“And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.”
“And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. ”
“The people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."”
“And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.”
“And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.”
“And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.”
When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.
The men of Israel said,“Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”
David asked the men who were standing near him,“What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”
The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying,“This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”
When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”
David replied,“What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”
Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.