Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 inquired further of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" The LORD said, "He is here, hiding among the baggage." 23 They ran and brought him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the others by a head. 24 Then Samuel told all the people, "Do you see the man whom the LORD has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people." Then all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:2
he had a son named Saul, who was a choice and handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelis as handsome as he, and he was a head taller than any of the other people.
1 Samuel 16:7
The LORD told Samuel, "Don't look at his appearance or his height, for I've rejected him. Truly, God does not see what man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."
1 Samuel 17:4
A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall,