1 Samuel 17:31 (GNV)

Passage

And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 17:29 Then Dauid sayde, What haue I nowe done? Is there not a cause?

1 Samuel 17:30 And hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.

1 Samuel 17:31 And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

1 Samuel 17:32 So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.

1 Samuel 17:33 And Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou art not able to goe against this Philistim to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "wordes", "dauid", "spake", "rehearsed", "before", "saul", and "caused". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "wordes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And hee departed from him into the..." into verse 32's "So Dauid saide to Saul Let no...", so "heard" and "wordes" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heard" and "wordes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.