II Samuel 10:4
“Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Samuel 10:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da nahm Hanun die Knechte Davids und ließ ihnen die Hälfte des Bartes abscheren und ihre Oberkleider zur Hälfte abschneiden, bis an ihre Gesäße; und er entließ sie.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces Hanún tomó los siervos de David, y rapóles la mitad de la barba, y cortóles los vestidos por la mitad hasta las nalgas, y despachólos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então Hanum tomou os servos de Davi, e rapou-lhes a metade da barba, e cortou-lhes as roupas pela metade até as nádegas, e despachou-os.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, Hanum tomou os servos de Davi, raspou-lhes a metade das barbas, cortou-lhes fora as vestes até suas nádegas e mandou que fossem embora.
📖 II Samuel 10:4 in Context
2Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.
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