16among 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.


In Context

13 And now, give up the men — sons of worthlessness — which are in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.' And the sons of Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel;

14 and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.

15 And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities are twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;

16 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.

17 And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

18 And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, 'Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?' and Jehovah saith, 'Judah — at the commencement.'

Judges 20:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Among 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people [there were] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair [breadth,] and not miss.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone's going on either side.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all these were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair-breadth, and not miss.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones to a hair-breadth, and not miss.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.