1 Samuel 17:42 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁴² He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.

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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.

1 Samuel 17:42 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:18

He said, ‘If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.’

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

1 Samuel 16:12

So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the Lord said, ‘Rise and anoint him; this is the one.’

1 Samuel 17:33

Saul replied, ‘You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.’

1 Samuel 17:41

Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield-bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David.