1 Samuel 17:12
Common English Bible
12 Now David was Jesse’s son, an Ephraimite from Bethlehem in Judah who had eight sons. By Saul’s time, Jesse was already quite old and far along in age.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 LXX, Syr
1 Samuel 17:12
Contemporary English Version
David Decides To Challenge Goliath
12 David's father Jesse was an old man, who belonged to the Ephrath clan and lived in Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons:
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1 Samuel 17:12
Living Bible
12 David (the son of aging Jesse, a member of the tribe of Judah who lived in Bethlehem) had seven older brothers.
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1 Samuel 17:12
Easy-to-Read Version
David Goes to the Battle Front
12 [a] David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the Ephrathah family in Bethlehem, Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul’s time Jesse was an old man.
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 The oldest copies of the ancient Greek version do not have 17:12-31, 41, 48b, 50, 55-58; 18:1-5, 10-11, 17-19, 29b-30.
1 Samuel 17:12
New Living Translation
Jesse Sends David to Saul’s Camp
12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.
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