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1 Samuel 17:14–15

14 mDavid was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul nto feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

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1 Samuel 17:14–15 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 David was the youngest son. David’s three oldest brothers stayed with Saul’s army, 15 but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. 15 But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 David was the youngest. Jesse’s three oldest sons followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father’s sheep.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 and David was the youngest. The three oldest joined Saul’s army. 15 David went back and forth from Saul’s camp to Bethlehem, where he tended his father’s flock. 

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul, 15 but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 Now David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to feed the sheep of his father in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest sons followed Saul. 15 But David went back and forth from Saul’s camp to Bethlehem. He went to Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.

1 Samuel 17:14–15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.


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