15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.


In Context

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

13 And the three eldest of the sons of Jesse had gone and followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.

15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

17 And Jesse said to David his son, Take, I pray, for thy brethren, this ephah of parched corn and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 17:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:15but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:15David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.