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1 Samuel 17:15
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13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The anames of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.  
14 David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.
15 But David occasionally went and returned from Saul ato feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.  
16 And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.
17 Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 17:15

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American Standard Version
Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

Amplified® Bible
But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

Contemporary English Version
He took care of his father's sheep, and he went back and forth between Bethlehem and Saul's camp.

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

Good News Bible
David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep.

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

New American Standard Bible
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem.

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

New King James Version
But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem.

Revised Standard Version
but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

Young's Literal Translation
and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.


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