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


In Context

12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time he was old and well advanced in years.

13 Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,

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

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

17 Now Jesse said to his son David, "Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

1st Samuel 17:15 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.