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1 Samuel 10:23

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.

KJV

Cucurrerunt itaque et tulerunt eum inde : stetitque in medio populi, et altior fuit universo populo ab humero et sursum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔδραμεν καὶ λαμβάνει αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ κατέστησεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ὑψώθη ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ὑπερωμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יָּרֻ֨צוּ֙ וַ/יִּקָּחֻ֣/הוּ מִ/שָּׁ֔ם וַ/יִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יִּגְבַּהּ֙ מִ/כָּל הָ/עָ֔ם מִ/שִּׁכְמ֖/וֹ וָ/מָֽעְלָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּבַ֤הּ
gbh
verb · 34×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
htytsb
verb · 48×
וֹ
v
noun · 21×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 1:6 — And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
  • 1Sam 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 goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any
  • 1Sam 16:7 — But 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,