1 Samuel 10:23
What does 1 Samuel 10:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 10:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.22Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
v.23This passage
v.24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 16:7
But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.
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