43 He said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
43 And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
43 The Philistine ridiculed David. "Am I a dog that you come after me with a stick?" And he cursed him by his gods.
43 So the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
43 "Am I a dog," he roared at David, "that you come at me with a stick?" And he cursed David by the names of his gods.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
11 As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.
11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.
(Read Proverbs 26:11)
The dog is a loathsome emblem of those sinners who return to their vices, 2 Peter 2:22.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:43
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:40-47
(Read 1 Samuel 17:40-47)
The security and presumption of fools destroy them. Nothing can excel the humility, faith, and piety which appear in David's words. He expressed his assured expectation of success; he gloried in his mean appearance and arms, that the victory might be ascribed to the Lord alone.