1 Samuel 17:56 - The Scriptures 2009

And the sovereign said, “Ask whose son this young man 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 Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he a man of battle from his youth.”

1 Samuel 17:55

And when Sha’ul saw Dawiḏ going out against the Philistine, he said to Aḇnĕr, the commander of the army, “Aḇnĕr, whose son is this youth?” And Aḇnĕr said, “As your being lives, O sovereign, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 17:57

And when Dawiḏ returned from the striking of the Philistine, Aḇnĕr took him and brought him before Sha’ul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.