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1 Samuel 17:55

1 Samuel chapter 17 · verse 55 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

Context

v.54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

v.55This passage

v.56And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 16:21

    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

  • 1 Samuel 17:58

    And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.