1 Samuel 17:15 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

David went back and forth from Saul's camp to Bethlehem, where he tended his father's flock.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

ASV:

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

BBE:

Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

DBY:

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

ERV:

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

JPS:

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.--

WBS:

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

WEB:

Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

YLT:

and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

1 Samuel 17:15 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

1 Samuel 16:19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock."

1 Samuel 16:21 Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:15 But David {c} went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
(c) To serve Saul, 1Sa 16:19.

WES:

17:15 Went - From Saul's court: where having relieved Saul, he was permitted to go to his father's house, to be sent for again upon occasion.

MHC:

17:12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of David's meekness, patience, and constancy. He had right and reason on his side, and did not render railing for railing; with a soft answer he turned away his brother's wrath. This conquest of his own passion was more honourable than that of Goliath. Those who undertake great and public services, must not think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with their work, in the face not only of enemies' threats, but of friends' slights and suspicions.

CONC:

Bethlehem Beth-lehem David Father's Feed Flock Forth Fro Returned Returning Saul Sheep Tend

Bethlehem Beth-Lehem David Returning Saul Sheep Tend

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