1 Samuel 10:23

In 11 translations

BSB

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

KJV

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

WEB

They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

ASV

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

LSV

And they run and bring him there, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

YLT

And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

DBY

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

DRC

And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward.

GNV

And they ranne, and brought him thence: and when he stoode among the people, he was hier then any of the people from the shoulders vpwarde.

JPS

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

LXXE

And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

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WLC

וַיָּרֻ֨צוּ֙ וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙ מִכָּל־הָעָ֔ם מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ וָמָֽעְלָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔδραμε καὶ λαμβάνει αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ κατέστησεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ὑψώθη ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ὑπερωμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 9:2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
• 1 Samuel 17:4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

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