¹¹ And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’”

Wisdom Better Than Folly

^11 (A)Again I saw that under the sun ^(B)the race is not to the swift, nor ^(C)the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and ^(D)chance ^(E)happen to them all.

⁴⁴ The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh ^(A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” ⁴⁵ Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with ^(B)a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, ^(C)whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. ^(D)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day ^(E)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, ^(F)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, ⁴⁷ and that all this assembly may know that ^(G)the Lord saves not with sword and spear. ^(H)For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”