1 Samuel 17:56

Good News Translation

"Then go and find out," Saul ordered.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is!”

Hebrew Names Version
The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"

King James Version
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king said, "You inquire whose son this young man is."

English Standard Version
And the king said, "Inquire whose son the boy is."

New Century Version
The king said, "Find out whose son he is."

New English Translation
The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is!"

Amplified Bible
The king said, "Ask whose son the young man is."

New American Standard Bible
And the king said, "You then, ask whose son the youth is."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King sayde, Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."

Contemporary English Version
"Then find out!" Saul told him.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is."

Darby Translation
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son this youth is.

Easy-to-Read Version
King Saul said, "Find out who his father is."

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said, Inquire whose son this young man is.

Literal Translation
And the king said, You ask whose son this young man is .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge sayde: Axe the whose sonne the yonge ma is.

American Standard Version
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

Bible in Basic English
And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde: Enquire thou whose sonne the youngling is.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'

King James Version (1611)
And the king said, Enquire thou whose sonne the stripling is.

English Revised Version
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

Berean Standard Bible
"Find out whose son this young man is!" said the king.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng seide, Axe thou, whos sone this child is.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Ask thou whose son this [is] -- the young man.'

Update Bible Version
And the king said, You inquire whose son the stripling is.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling [is].

World English Bible
The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"

New King James Version
So the king said, "Inquire whose son this young man is."

New Living Translation
"Well, find out who he is!" the king told him.

New Life Bible
The king said, "Find out whose son the young man is."

New Revised Standard
The king said, "Inquire whose son the stripling is."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said the king, - Ask, thou, whose son the stripling is?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said: Inquire thou, whose son this young man is.

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Inquire whose son the stripling is."

THE MESSAGE
The king said, "Well, find out the lineage of this raw youth."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."

Contextual Overview

⁴⁸ Goliath started walking toward David again, and David ran quickly toward the Philistine battle line to fight him. ⁴⁹ He reached into his bag and took out a stone, which he slung at Goliath. It hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and Goliath fell face downward on the ground. ⁵⁰ And so, without a sword, David defeated and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone! ⁵¹ He ran to him, stood over him, took Goliath's sword out of its sheath, and cut off his head and killed him. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran away. ⁵² The men of Israel and Judah shouted and ran after them, pursuing them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron. The Philistines fell wounded all along the road that leads to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron. ⁵³ When the Israelites came back from pursuing the Philistines, they looted their camp. ⁵⁴ David got Goliath's head and took it to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath's weapons in his own tent. ⁵⁵ When Saul saw David going out to fight Goliath, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, "Abner, whose son is he?" "I have no idea, Your Majesty," Abner answered. ⁵⁶ "Then go and find out," Saul ordered. ⁵⁷ So when David returned to camp after killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was still carrying Goliath's head.

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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:33 - for thou art but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling [is]. Still the question is the same, being very desirous of knowing of what family he was, for the reason before given, :-.