Parallel Verses

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.

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].

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חנוּן 
Chanuwn 
Usage: 11

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

and shaved
גּלח 
Galach 
Usage: 23

them, and cut off
כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

מדו 
medev 
Usage: 2

in the midst
חצי 
Chetsiy 
Usage: 125

מפשׂעה 
Miphsa`ah 
Usage: 1

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Ammonites Humiliate David's Messengers

3 and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, 'Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?' 4 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. 5 And some go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them -- for the men have been greatly ashamed -- and the king saith, 'Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.'

Cross References

Leviticus 19:27

'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

2 Samuel 10:4-5

And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;

2 Chronicles 36:16

and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.

Psalm 35:12

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

Psalm 109:4-5

For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

Isaiah 15:2

He hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places -- to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads is baldness, every beard cut off.

Isaiah 20:4

so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness of Egypt;

Isaiah 47:2-3

Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.

Jeremiah 41:5

that men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria -- eighty men -- with shaven beards, and rent garments, and cutting themselves, and an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring in to the house of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.

Mark 12:4

And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured.

Luke 20:10-11

and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.

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