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1 Samuel 17:56
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54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to aAbner, the commander of the army, “Abner, bwhose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”  
56 So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.”
57 Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul awith the head of the Philistine in his hand.  
58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” So David answered, a“I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” 
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 17:56

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American Standard Version
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

Amplified® Bible
And the king said, Inquire whose son the stripling is.

Contemporary English Version
"Then find out!" Saul told him.

Darby English Version
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son this youth is.

Good News Bible
"Then go and find out," Saul ordered.

King James Version
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

New American Standard Bible
The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."

New International Version
The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is."

New King James Version
So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The king said, "You inquire the identity of his father."

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Inquire whose son the stripling is."

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Ask thou whose son this `is' -- the young man.'

New English Translation
The king said, “Find out whose son this boy is!”


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