I Chronicles 11:23
“And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and 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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Chronicles 11:23 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and 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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und er war es, der den ägyptischen Mann erschlug, einen Mann von fünf Ellen Länge. Und der Ägypter hatte einen Speer in der Hand wie einen Weberbaum; er aber ging zu ihm hinab mit einem Stabe, und riß dem Ägypter den Speer aus der Hand und tötete ihn mit seinem eigenen Speere.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
El mismo venció á un Egipcio, hombre de cinco codos de estatura: y el Egipcio traía una lanza como un enjullo de tejedor; mas él descendió á él con un bastón, y arrebató al Egipcio la lanza de la mano, y matólo con su misma lanza.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Ele também matou um homem egípcio alto, de cinco côvados; o egípcio trazia na mão uma lança como um lançador de tecelão; porém Benaia desceu a ele com um bastão; e arrancou a lança da mão do egípcio, e o matou com sua própria lança.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Foi ele quem matou um egípicio, um homem de cinco côvados de altura. O egípicio tinha uma lança como um lançador de tecelão, mas ele o atacou com o seu cajado, arracando a lança da mão do egípicio e matando-o com a sua própria lança.
📖 I Chronicles 11:23 in Context
21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and 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.
24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
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