Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAmong all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
among all this people are seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err.
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all these slang stones at a hair [breadth], and missed not.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy