Judges 20:16
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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
In other translations
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Hebrew words
מִכֹּל׀mikol[were] from allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088שְׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967אִישׁ'ishmanH376בָּחוּרbachurchosenH977אִטֵּר'iterimpededH334יַד־yad-[the] hand ofH3027יְמִינוֹyeminoright hisH3225כָּל־kol-allH3605זֶהzehthisH2088קֹלֵעַkolea'[was] slingingH7049בָּאֶבֶןba'evenwith the stoneH68אֶל־'el-toH413הַשַּׂעֲרָהhasa'arahthe single hairH8185וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יַחֲטִא׃ פyachati'he missedH2398
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- 1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
- 1 Samuel 17:49-5049 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.49 Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. 50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
- 1 Samuel 17:40And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
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