Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 10:23

1 Samuel chapter 10 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

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.