Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now the words that David had spoken were heard and reported in the sight of Saul. "
— 1 Samuel 17:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.”
“And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. ”
“When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.”
“When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.”
“And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.”
“And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.”
“And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.”
Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”
And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”
And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.
Now the words that David had spoken were heard and reported in the sight of Saul.
When he had been led to Saul, he said to him: “Let no one lose heart over him. I, your servant, shall go and fight against the Philistine.”
And Saul said to David: “You are not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him. For you are a boy, but he has been a warrior from his boyhood.”
And David said to Saul: “Your servant was pasturing the flock of his father. And there approached a lion or a bear, and it took a ram from the midst of the flock.