I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

His beard - Used here to mean his throat or under jaw; neither a lion nor a bear has a beard, properly speaking.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And I went out after him
Whether a lion or a bear; but mention after being made of his beard, a lion rather is meant…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A shepherd lad, who had come that same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good wo…