King James Version
1 Samuel 17:27 in the King James Version says “And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.”
1 Samuel 17:27 · KJV
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“him after this manner”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“So shall it be done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“to the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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