Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others. New Living Translation So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else. English Standard Version Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. Berean Standard Bible So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. New American Standard Bible So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. NASB 1995 So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. NASB 1977 So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. Legacy Standard Bible So they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people. And he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. Amplified Bible So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. Christian Standard Bible They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. Holman Christian Standard Bible They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they ran and brought him from there, and he stood among the people and was taller than all the people, from his shoulder and above Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version The people ran and got Saul and brought him into the middle of the crowd. He was more than a head taller than anyone else. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation They ran and got him from there. As he stood among the people, he was a head taller than everyone else. Good News Translation So they ran and brought Saul out to the people, and they could see that he was a foot taller than anyone else. International Standard Version They ran and brought him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the others by a head. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others. New American Bible They ran to bring him from there; when he took his place among the people, he stood head and shoulders above all the people. NET Bible So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all. New Revised Standard Version Then they ran and brought him from there. When he took his stand among the people, he was head and shoulders taller than any of them. New Heart English Bible They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. Webster's Bible Translation And they ran and brought him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul Proclaimed King…22So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.” 23So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others. 24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”… Cross References Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life. 1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites--a head taller than any of the people. Treasury of Scripture And they ran and fetched him there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. he was higher 1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice 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 the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 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. Jump to Previous Head Higher Midst Others Quickly Ran Run Shoulder Shoulders Stationed Stood Taller Thence UpwardJump to Next Head Higher Midst Others Quickly Ran Run Shoulder Shoulders Stationed Stood Taller Thence Upward1 Samuel 10 1. Samuel anoints Saul2. He confirms him by prediction of three signs 9. Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies 14. He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle 17. Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot 26. The different affections of his subjects Verses 23, 24. - And when he stood. This rendering spoils the poetic force of the original, where the rapidity of their action is expressed by three preterites following hard upon one another. The Hebrew is, "And they ran, and took him thence, and he stood forth (see 1 Samuel 12:7) among the people, and he was taller," etc. And now Samuel presents him to the multitude as "the chosen of Jehovah," and the people shout their assent by saying, "Let the king live." For this the A.V. puts our English phrase, but the Hebrew exactly answers to the French Vive le roi! THE EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY UPON SAUL'S ELECTION (vers. 25-27). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So they ranוַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙ (way·yā·ru·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run and brought [Saul], וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ (way·yiq·qā·ḥu·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take and when he stood וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand among בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the people, הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock he was a head מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ (miš·šiḵ·mōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7926: The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill taller וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙ (way·yiḡ·bah) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty than any מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of the others. הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links 1 Samuel 10:23 NIV1 Samuel 10:23 NLT 1 Samuel 10:23 ESV 1 Samuel 10:23 NASB 1 Samuel 10:23 KJV 1 Samuel 10:23 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 10:23 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 10:23 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 10:23 French Bible 1 Samuel 10:23 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 10:23 They ran and fetched him there (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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