When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
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- KJV And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
- BSB When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
- NKJV And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.
- NASB When the Philistine looked and saw David, he was contemptuous of him; for he was only a youth, and reddish, with a handsome appearance.
- NLT sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.
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- 1 Sam 16:12He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
- 1 Sam 17:33Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
- Ps 123:3–4Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
- Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 2 Cor 11:27–29in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
- 2 Kgs 18:23–24Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Neh 4:2–4He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
- 1 Kgs 20:18He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
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