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1 Samuel 17:12
New English Translation
1 Samuel 17:12
New English Translation
12 [a] Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.[b]
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.
- 1 Samuel 17:12 tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”
1 Samuel 17:12
King James Version
1 Samuel 17:12
King James Version
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
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1 Samuel 17:12
New King James Version
1 Samuel 17:12
New King James Version
12 Now David was (A)the son of that (B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had (C)eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.
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