2 Samuel 8:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 8:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 8:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 8:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 8:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 8:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 8:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Dauid tooke of them a thousand and seuen hundreth horsemen, and twenty thousande footemen, and Dauid destroyed all the charets, but he reserued an hundreth charets of them.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 8:4 in Context — 2 Samuel 8
2 Il battit les Moabites, et il les mesura avec un cordeau, en les faisant coucher par terre; il en mesura deux cordeaux pour les livrer à la mort, et un plein cordeau pour leur laisser la vie. Et les Moabites furent assujettis à David, et lui payèrent un tribut.
3 David battit Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Tsoba, lorsqu’il alla rétablir sa domination sur le fleuve de l’Euphrate.
4 David lui prit mille sept cents cavaliers et vingt mille hommes de pied; il coupa les jarrets à tous les chevaux de trait, et ne conserva que cent attelages.
5 Les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours d’Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba, et David battit vingt-deux mille Syriens.
6 David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas. Et les Syriens furent assujettis à David, et lui payèrent un tribut. L’Éternel protégeait David partout où il allait.
What Does 2 Samuel 8:4 Mean?
2 Samuel 8:4 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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