1 Samuel 10:23
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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.So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
In other translations
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.So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
Hebrew words
וַיָּרֻצוּvaiyarutzuand they ranH7323וַיִּקָּחֻהוּvaiyikachuhuand they took himH3947מִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033וַיִּתְיַצֵּבvaiyityatzevand he presented himselfH3320בְּתוֹךְbetokhin amongH8432הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971וַיִּגְבַּהּvaiyigbahand he was tallH1361מִכָּל־mikolmore than allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971מִשִּׁכְמוֹmishikhmofrom shoulder hisH7926וָמָעְלָה׃vama'elahand up -wardsH4605
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 9:2And 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 goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height 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.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- 1 Samuel 17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
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