Psalm 78:70
New International Version
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

New Living Translation
He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.

English Standard Version
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Berean Standard Bible
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

King James Bible
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

New King James Version
He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

New American Standard Bible
He also chose His servant David And took him from the sheepfolds;

NASB 1995
He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

NASB 1977
He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

Legacy Standard Bible
He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

Amplified Bible
He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

Christian Standard Bible
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

American Standard Version
He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He has chosen David his Servant and led him from a flock of sheep

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He chose David also his servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord God chose David to be his servant and took him from tending sheep

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he chose his servant David, and took him from the hocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

English Revised Version
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

Good News Translation
He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,

International Standard Version
Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He chose David also His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

Literal Standard Version
And He fixes on His servant David, | And takes him from the folds of a flock,

Majority Standard Bible
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

New American Bible
He chose David his servant, took him from the sheepfolds.

NET Bible
He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

New Revised Standard Version
He chose his servant David, and took him from the sheepfolds;

New Heart English Bible
He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

Webster's Bible Translation
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:

World English Bible
He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

Young's Literal Translation
And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

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Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. 70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; 71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself."

1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse replied, "but he is tending the sheep." "Send for him," Samuel replied. "For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives."

1 Samuel 16:12
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him, for he is the one."

2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

2 Samuel 23:1
These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

Psalm 89:19
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, "I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.


Treasury of Scripture

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

chose

Psalm 89:19,20
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people…

1 Samuel 16:11,12
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither…

2 Samuel 3:18
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

and took

Exodus 3:1,10
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb…

1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














Verse 70. - He chose David also his servant (see 1 Samuel 16:1, 12). And took him from the sheepfolds (comp. 1 Samuel 16:11, 19; 2 Samuel 7:8).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He chose
וַ֭יִּבְחַר (way·yiḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

David
בְּדָוִ֣ד (bə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

His servant
עַבְדּ֑וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

and took him
וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ (way·yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

from the sheepfolds;
מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת (mim·miḵ·lə·’ōṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4356: An enclosure, fold


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