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2 Samuel 23:21

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

KJV

Ipse quoque interfecit virum ægyptium, virum dignum spectaculo, habentem in manu hastam : itaque cum descendisset ad eum in virga, vi extorsit hastam de manu Ægyptii, et interfecit eum hasta sua.

Vulgate

αὐτὸς ἐπάταξεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνδρα ὁρατόν· ἐν δὲ τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ξύλον διαβάθρας· καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι καὶ ἥρπασεν τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

ASV

וְ/הוּא הִכָּה֩ אֶת אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י אשר אִ֣ישׁ מַרְאֶ֗ה וּ/בְ/יַ֤ד הַ/מִּצְרִי֙ חֲנִ֔ית וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖י/ו בַּ/שָּׁ֑בֶט וַ/יִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת הַ/חֲנִית֙ מִ/יַּ֣ד הַ/מִּצְרִ֔י וַ/יַּהַרְגֵ֖/הוּ בַּ/חֲנִיתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 48×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
ם
m
verb · 167×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
מַרְאֶ֖ה
mr'h
noun · 104×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:51 — Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion