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1 Samuel 17:58

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

KJV

Et ait ad eum Saul : De qua progenie es, o adolescens ? Dixitque David : Filius servi tui Isai Bethlehemitæ ego sum.

Vulgate

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ שָׁא֔וּל בֶּן מִ֥י אַתָּ֖ה הַ/נָּ֑עַר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד בֶּֽן עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ יִשַׁ֖י בֵּ֥ית הַלַּחְמִֽי

Hebrew

And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 8×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
יִשַׁ֔י
yshy
proper_noun · 42×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
  • 1Sam 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
  • 1Sam 20:6 — If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
  • Isa 11:1 — And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: