Judges 20:16
ContextNET © | Among this army 1 were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. 2 Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. 3 |
NIV © | Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. |
NASB © | Out of all these people 700 choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. |
NLT © | Seven hundred of Benjamin’s warriors were left–handed, each of whom could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth, without missing. |
MSG © | There were another 700 super marksmen who were ambidextrous--they could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. |
BBE © | Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error. |
NRSV © | Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss. |
NKJV © | Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were left–handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss. |
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NET © | Among this army 1 were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. 2 Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “And from all this people.” 2 tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15. 3 tn “at a single hair and not miss.” |