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.|


In Context

30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

32 David said to Saul, |Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.|

33 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.|

34 David 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,

35 I 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.

1 Samuel 17:33 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:33Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And Saul said to David: Thou art not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him: for thou art but a boy, but he is a warrior from his youth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33And Saul saith unto David, 'Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him, for a youth thou art, and he a man of war from his youth.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And 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.