1 Samuel 17:56 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the king said, “Inquire whose son the stripling is.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the king said, Inquire whose son the stripling is.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

“Then find out whose son that young man is,” the king replied.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the king said, "You shall inquire as to whose son this boy may be."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the king said: Inquire thou, whose son this man is.

1 Samuel 17:56 Cross References

1 Samuel 17:33

And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.”

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.”

1 Samuel 17:57

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.