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Judges 20:16

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

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.

    BSB

In context

14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

15And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

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

17And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

18And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

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