1 Samuel 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
1 Samuel 17:14 in other translations
| BSB | And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul, |
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| WEB | David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul. |
| ASV | And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. |
| YLT | And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul, |
| DARBY | And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul. |
| BBE | And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army. |
| Webster | And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. |
What does 1 Samuel 17:14 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:12-30
Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent…
1 Samuel 17:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:14
- 1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
- Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 17:13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.
1 Samuel 17:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y David era el menor. Siguieron pues los tres mayores á Saúl. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et David était le plus jeune; et les trois aînés avaient suivi Saül. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und David war der Jüngste, und die drei Ältesten waren Saul nachgefolgt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo majoribus secutis Saulem, |