1 Samuel 17:56

Myles Coverdale Bible

The kynge sayde: Axe the whose sonne the yonge ma is.

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.

Good News Translation
"Then go and find out," Saul ordered.

Literal Translation
And the king said, You ask whose son this young man 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 Now whan the Philistyne gat him vp, and wente forth and drue nye vnto Dauid, Dauid made haiste, and ranne from ye hoost vnto the Philistyne. ⁴⁹ And Dauid put his hade in his bagg, and toke out a stone, & thrue it with the slynge, and hytt the Philistyne euen in the fore heade, so that the stone stacke in his fore heade, and he fell downe to the grounde vpon his face. ⁵⁰ So Dauid ouercame ye Philistyne with the slynge and with ye stone, and smote him, and slewe him. And for so moch as Dauid had no swerde in his hande, ⁵¹ he ranne and stode ouer ye Philistyne, and toke his swerde, and drue it out of the sheeth, and slewe him, and smote of his heade withall. Whan the Philistynes sawe that the strongest of them was deed, they fled. ⁵² And the men of Israel and Iuda gat the vp, and cryed and folowed vpon the Philistynes, tyll they came vnto the valley, and to the Portes of Ekron. And the Philistynes fell downe slayne vnto Gath and to Ekron. ⁵³ And the children of Israel turned agayne from chasynge of the Philistynes, and spoyled their tentes. ⁵⁴ But Dauid toke the heade of the Philistyne, and broughte it vnto Ierusalem, as for is armoure, he layed it in his tente. ⁵⁵ Whan Saul sawe Dauid go forth agaynst the Philistyne, he saide vnto Abner his chefe captayne: Abner, whose sonne is this childe? Abner sayde: As truly as thy soule lyueth O kynge, I wote not. ⁵⁶ The kynge sayde: Axe the whose sonne the yonge ma is. ⁵⁷ Now whan Dauid came agayne from the slaughter of the Philistyne, Abner toke him, and broughte him before Saul, and he had the Philistynes heade in his hande.

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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, :-.