1 Samuel 17:42 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴² And when the Philistine looked about and saw Dawiḏ, he despised him, for he was a youth, and ruddy and of handsome appearance.

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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

Then he said, “If they have come out for peace, seize them alive. And if they have come out for battle, seize them alive.”

Proverbs 16:18

Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!

1 Samuel 16:12

And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and handsome. And יהוה said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is the one!”

1 Samuel 17:33

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.”

1 Samuel 17:41

And the Philistine came, and began drawing near to Dawiḏ, and the man who bore the shield went before him.