And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
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Gill's Exposition
And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him,.... Had neither strength of body, nor skill in military affairs, to encounter with a man of his stature, and…
Adam Clarke
Thou art but a youth - Supposed to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years of age.
David is at length presented to Saul for his champion (Sa1 17:31) and he bravely undertakes to fight the Philistine (Sa1 17:32): Let no man's heart fail because of him. It would have reflected too…
Cambridge Bible
thou art but a youth Compared with the giant David was but a youth, though he had already shown sufficient promise to be called "a man of war" by Saul's servant (1Sa 16:18).
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