1 Samuel 17:42 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴² 7 And all this assembly shall know, that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² And when the Philistine looked around and saw David, he scorned and despised him, for he was but an adolescent, with a healthy reddish color and a fair face.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance.

Common English Bible

⁴² When the Philistine looked David over, he sneered at David because he was just a boy; reddish brown and good-looking.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And when the Philistine had seen and considered David, he despised him. For he was a youth, ruddy and of handsome appearance.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.

1 Samuel 17:42 Cross References

1 Kings 20:18

3 But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.

Proverbs 16:18

5 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

1 Samuel 16:12

7 And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.

1 Samuel 17:33

8 And Saul clothed David with his garments, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail.

1 Samuel 17:41

6 This day, and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from thee: and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.