1 Samuel 17:27
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New International Version (©2011)
They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

New Living Translation (©2007)
And these men gave David the same reply. They said, "Yes, that is the reward for killing him."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The people also told him the same thing, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

NET Bible (©2006)
The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The soldiers repeated [to David] how the man who kills Goliath would be treated.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

American King James Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

American Standard Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people answered him the same words saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

Darby Bible Translation
And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

English Revised Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

World English Bible
The people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

Young's Literal Translation
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, 'Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of David's meekness, patience, and constancy. He had right and reason on his side, and did not render railing for railing; with a soft answer he turned away his brother's wrath. This conquest of his own passion was more honourable than that of Goliath. Those who undertake great and public services, must not think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with their work, in the face not only of enemies' threats, but of friends' slights and suspicions.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the people answered him after this manner,.... Told him what was proposed to be done in honour to the man that should attempt to kill him, and succeed:

saying, so shall it be done to the man that killeth him; as before related, that he should be enriched, marry the king's daughter, and his family be ennobled, 1 Samuel 17:25.

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David Accepts the Challenge
…26And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him. 28And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you down here? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle. …

1 Samuel 17:25 Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel."
1 Samuel 17:30 He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.