1 Samuel 17:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ And Saul said to David: Thou art not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him: for thou art but a boy, but he is a warrior from his youth.

1 Samuel 17:33 Cross References

Psalm 11:1

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

Numbers 13:31

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

Deuteronomy 9:2

a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’

Revelation 13:4

Men 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?”

1 Samuel 17:34

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

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, ruddy and comely in appearance.

1 Samuel 17:56

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