1 Samuel 17:11 (YLT)

Passage

And Saul heareth--and all Israel--these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 17:9 if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.'

1 Samuel 17:10 And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

1 Samuel 17:11 And Saul heareth--and all Israel--these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.

1 Samuel 17:12 And David <FI>is<Fi> son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

1 Samuel 17:13 and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle <FI>are<Fi> Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saul", "heareth--and", "israel--these", "words", "philistine", "broken", "down", and "greatly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saul" and "heareth--and", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And the Philistine saith I have reproached..." into verse 12's "And David FI is Fi son of...", so "saul" and "heareth--and" 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 "saul" and "heareth--and" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.