1 Samuel 10:23 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

They ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

They ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

So they ran to find Saul. They brought him out from there. When Saul stood among the people, you could see his head above everyone else.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people ran and took Saul out from behind the supplies. Saul stood up among the people. He was a head taller than anyone else.

Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So they ran and brought Saul out to the people, and they could see that he was a foot taller than anyone else.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They ran and got him from there. As he stood among the people, he was a head taller than everyone else.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

So they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people. And he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So they ran and took him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They ran to bring him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was head and shoulders above all the crowd.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So they ran over there and brought him out. When he stood up, the people saw that he was a head taller than any of them.

English NIV

They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.

English NKJ 1982

So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

English NLT

So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then they ran and brought him from there. When he took his stand among the people, he was head and shoulders taller than any of them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then they ran and fetched him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.

English Tyndale 1537

And they ran and fetched him thence. And when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders upward.