1 Samuel 17:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³³ Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ And Saul said to David, You are not able to go to fight against this Philistine. You are only an adolescent, and he has been a warrior from his youth.

American Standard Version (1901)

³³ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

Common English Bible

³³ “You can’t go out and fight this Philistine,” Saul answered David. “You are still a boy. But he’s been a warrior since he was a boy!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ And Saul said to David: "You are not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him. For you are a boy, but he has been a warrior from his boyhood."

1 Samuel 17:33 Cross References

Numbers 13:31

Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”

Revelation 13:4

They worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

Deuteronomy 9:2

a strong and tall people, the offspring of the Anakim, whom you know. You have heard it said, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakim?’

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,

1 Samuel 17:56

The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is.”

1 Samuel 17:42

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.

1 Samuel 17:34

But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father, and whenever a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,