1 Samuel 17:15 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁵ but Dawiḏ went and returned from Sha’ul to feed his father’s sheep at Bĕyth Leḥem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ but David went back and forth from Saul’s side to shepherd his father’s flock in Bethlehem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:15 Cross References

1 Samuel 16:11

And Shemu’ĕl said to Yishai, “Are these all the young men?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and see, he is tending the sheep.” And Shemu’ĕl said to Yishai, “Send and bring him, for we do not turn round till he comes here.”

1 Samuel 17:16

And for forty days the Philistine drew near, morning and evening, and took his stand.

1 Samuel 17:34

Then Dawiḏ said to Sha’ul, “Your servant has been tending sheep for his father, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

1 Samuel 18:2

And Sha’ul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house any more.