2 Samuel 23:21 
Context| NET © | He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 1 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 2 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| NIV © | And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| NASB © | He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| NLT © | Another time, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it. |
| MSG © | Another time he killed a formidable Egyptian. The Egyptian was armed with a spear and Benaiah went against him with nothing but a walking stick; he seized the spear from his grip and killed him with his own spear. |
| BBE © | And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear. |
| NRSV © | And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. |
| NKJV © | And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. |
| KJV | an Egyptian <04713>_, a goodly <04758> man <0376>_: and the Egyptian <04713> had a spear <02595> in his hand <03027>_; to him with a staff <07626>_, the spear <02595> out of the Egyptian's <04713> hand <03027>_, him with his own spear <02595>_. {a goodly...: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature} |
| NASB © | He killed <05221> an Egyptian <04713> , an impressive <04758> man <0376> . Now the Egyptian <04713> had a spear <02595> in his hand <03027> , but he went <03381> down <03381> to him with a club <07626> and snatched <01497> the spear <02595> from the Egyptian's <04713> hand <03027> and killed <02026> him with his own spear .<02595> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | He <01931> also <0853> killed <05221> an <04713> impressive-looking <04758> Egyptian <04713> . The Egyptian <04713> wielded <03381> a spear <02595> , while Benaiah attacked him with a club <07626> . He grabbed <01497> the spear <02595> out of the Egyptian’s <04713> hand <03027> and killed <02026> him with his own spear .<02595> |
| NET © | He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 1 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 2 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew 2 tn Heb “and he went down to.” |
