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1 Samuel 17:33

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Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

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1 Samuel 17:33 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 17:33 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 17:33 in context

  1. 31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
  2. 32David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
  3. 33Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
  4. 34David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,
  5. 35I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.