1 Samuel 17:33 - The Scriptures 2009

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.”

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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 יהוה I have taken refuge; Why do you say to me, “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

Numbers 13:31

But 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 descendants of the Anaqim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, ‘Who does stand before the descendants of Anaq?’

Revelation 13:4

And they worshipped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to fight with him?”

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 17:42

And when the Philistine looked about and saw Dawiḏ, he despised him, for he was a youth, and ruddy and of handsome appearance.

1 Samuel 17:56

And the sovereign said, “Ask whose son this young man is.”