Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man would yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 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. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Cross References
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 more handsome person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the hight 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 from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span.