1 Samuel 17:56
“And the king said, Enquire thou whose sonne the stripling is.”
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1 Samuel 17:56 Context
54And Dauid tooke the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Ierusalem, but he put his armour in his tent. 55¶ And when Saul sawe Dauid goe forth against the Philistine, he sayd vnto Abner the captaine of the hoste, Abner, whose sonne is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soule liueth, O king, I cannot tell. 56And the king said, Enquire thou whose sonne the stripling is. 57And as Dauid returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner tooke him, & brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58And Saul saide to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Iesse, the Bethlehemite.
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And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling [is].
- King James Version
The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
- Basic English Bible
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son this youth is.
- Darby Bible
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
- Webster's Bible
The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"
- World English Bible
And the king saith, `Ask thou whose son this [is] -- the young man.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible