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1 Samuel 11:2

And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

KJV

Et respondit ad eos Naas Ammonites : In hoc feriam vobiscum fœdus, ut eruam omnium vestrum oculos dextros, ponamque vos opprobrium in universo Israël.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ναὰς ὁ Ἀμμανείτης Ἐν ταύτῃ διαθήσομαι ὑμῖν διαθήκην, ἐν τῷ ἐξορύξαι ὑμῶν πάντα ὀφθαλμὸν δεξιόν, καὶ θήσομαι ὄνειδος ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם נָחָשׁ֙ הָ/עַמּוֹנִ֔י בְּ/זֹאת֙ אֶכְרֹ֣ת לָ/כֶ֔ם בִּ/נְק֥וֹר לָ/כֶ֖ם כָּל עֵ֣ין יָמִ֑ין וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥י/הָ חֶרְפָּ֖ה עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נְק֥וֹר
nqvr
verb · 6×
נָחָ֗שׁ
nchsh
proper_noun · 9×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַמּוֹנִ֔י
'mvny
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th
  • 1Sam 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th
  • Gen 34:14 — And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
  • Num 16:14 — Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.