1 Samuel 17:42-47

New American Standard Bible

⁴² When the Philistine looked and saw David, ^(A)he was contemptuous of him; for he was only a youth, and ^[a](B)reddish, with a handsome appearance. ⁴³ So the Philistine said to David, “^(C)Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And ^(D)the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh ^(E)to the birds of the sky and the ^[b]wild animals.” ⁴⁵ But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a ^[c]saber, ^(F)but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you and remove your head from you. Then I will give the ^(G)dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, ^(H)so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, ⁴⁷ and that this entire assembly may know that ^(I)the Lord does not save by sword or by spear; ^(J)for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will hand you over to us!”