Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So 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.
New American Standard Bible
So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people,
King James 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.
Holman Bible
They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head 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.
A Conservative Version
And they ran and fetched him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
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.
Amplified
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will run and and take him from thence, and he will stand in the midst of the people; and he will be high above all the people,. from his shoulders and above.
King James 2000
And they ran and brought him there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they ran and took him from there, and when he took his stand among the people, he was taller than all the people from his shoulders and up.
Modern King James verseion
And they ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than all of the people from the shoulders and upward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they ran and fetched him thence. And when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders upward.
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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
So they ran, and fetched him thence, and, when he presented himself in the midst of the people, then was he seen to be taller than any of the people, from his shoulders and upwards.
Webster
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 fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
Youngs 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.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 10:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul Becomes King
22 So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods. 23 So 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. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
1 Samuel 17:4
And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.