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Bible in Basic English
So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.
New American Standard Bible
So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
King James Version
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
Holman Bible
So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved them, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.
International Standard Version
So Hanun arrested David's delegation, shaved off their beards, cut off their clothes at the waist line, and sent them away in disgrace.
A Conservative Version
So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
American Standard Version
So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
Amplified
Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them [cutting off half their beards], and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away [in humiliation].
Darby Translation
And Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.
Julia Smith Translation
And Hanun will take David's servants and shave them, and cut off their garments in the half, even to the step, and he will send them away.
King James 2000
Therefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Hanun took the servants of David and shaved them and cut off their garments at the middle, up to the buttocks, and sent them away.
Modern King James verseion
And Hanun took David's servants and shaved them, and cut off their garments in half, to the buttocks, and sent them away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whereupon Hanun took David's servants and shaved them, and cut off their coats hard by their buttocks and sent them away.
NET Bible
So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away.
New Heart English Bible
So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
The Emphasized Bible
So Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off their upper garments in the middle, as far as their parts of shame, - and let them go.
Webster
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
World English Bible
So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.
Themes
Motive » Misunderstood » David's, by king hanun
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Hanun, maltreating david's servants
Interlinear
Laqach
`ebed
Karath
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 19:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ammonites Humiliate David's Messengers
3 But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it? 4 So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away. 5 Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:27
The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
2 Samuel 10:4-5
So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Psalm 35:12
They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
Psalm 109:4-5
For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
Isaiah 15:2
The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.
Isaiah 20:4
So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah 47:2-3
Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
Jeremiah 41:5
Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:37
For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.
Mark 12:4
And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.
Luke 20:10-11
And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.