1 Samuel 17:57
New International Version
As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.

New Living Translation
As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.

English Standard Version
And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Berean Standard Bible
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

King James Bible
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

New King James Version
Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

New American Standard Bible
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

NASB 1995
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

NASB 1977
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

Amplified Bible
When David returned from killing [Goliath] the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Christian Standard Bible
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.

American Standard Version
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when David returned, when he had killed the Philistine, Abnir led him and brought him before Shaul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand

Contemporary English Version
When David came back from fighting Goliath, he was still carrying Goliath's head. Abner took David to Saul,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when David was returned, after the Philistine was slain, Abner took him, and brought him in before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

English Revised Version
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner brought him to Saul. David had the Philistine's head in his hand.

Good News Translation
So when David returned to camp after killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was still carrying Goliath's head.

International Standard Version
When David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him to Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Literal Standard Version
And when David turns back from striking the Philistine, then Abner takes him and brings him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine [is] in his hand;

Majority Standard Bible
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

New American Bible
So when David returned from slaying the Philistine, Abner escorted him into Saul’s presence. David was still holding the Philistine’s head.

NET Bible
So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

New Revised Standard Version
On David’s return from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

New Heart English Bible
As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

World English Bible
As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
And when David turneth back from smiting the Philistine, then Abner taketh him and bringeth him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine in his hand;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David Slays Goliath
56“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king. 57So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. 58“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 17:54
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

1 Samuel 17:56
"Find out whose son this young man is!" said the king.


Treasury of Scripture

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

the head

1 Samuel 17:54
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

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1 Samuel 17
1. The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle
4. Goliath challenges a combat
12. David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge
28. Eliab chides him
30. He is brought to Saul
32. shows the reason of his confidence
38. and slays the giant
55. Saul takes notice of David
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So when David
דָּוִ֗ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

returned
וּכְשׁ֣וּב (ū·ḵə·šūḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from killing
מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙ (mê·hak·kō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5221: To strike

the Philistine,
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י (hap·pə·liš·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

still holding [his]
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י (hap·pə·liš·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

head
וְרֹ֥אשׁ (wə·rōš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

in his hand,
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (bə·yā·ḏōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

Abner
אַבְנֵ֔ר (’aḇ·nêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name

took
וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

him
אֹתוֹ֙ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and brought him
וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ (way·ḇi·’ê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

Saul.
שָׁא֑וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites


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