1 Samuel 17:47 (YLT)

Passage

and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.'

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 17:45 And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached.

1 Samuel 17:46 This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand--and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel.

1 Samuel 17:47 and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.'

1 Samuel 17:48 And it hath come to pass, that the Philistine hath risen, and goeth, and draweth near to meet David, and David hasteth and runneth to the rank to meet the Philistine,

1 Samuel 17:49 and David putteth forth his hand unto the vessel, and taketh thence a stone, and slingeth, and smiteth the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sinketh into his forehead, and he falleth on his face to the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "assembly", "sword", "spear", "doth", "jehovah", "save", "battle", and "jehovah's". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "assembly" and "sword", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 46's "This day doth Jehovah shut thee up..." into verse 48's "And it hath come to pass that...", so "assembly" and "sword" 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 "assembly" and "sword" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.