KJV King James Version
And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, [I am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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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 Bethlehemite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
WEB World English Bible
Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Saul saith unto him, ‘Whose son art thou, O youth?’ and David saith, ‘Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 17
55 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.
56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling [is].
57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
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 Bethlehemite.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)שָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childמִ֥יH4310 · miwho?אַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)הַנָּ֑עַרH5288 · na.aryouthוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayדָּוִ֔דH1732 · da.vidDavidבֶּֽן־H1121 · benson: childעַבְדְּךָ֥H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveיִשַׁ֖יH3448 · yi.shayJesseבֵּ֥יתH1022 · bet hal.lach.miBethlehemiteהַלַּחְמִֽי׃H1022 · bet hal.lach.miBethlehemite
Cross-references
1 Samuel 17:12Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.1 Samuel 16:18-19Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
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