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Judges 20:16

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16From all these troops were seven hundred well-trainedu men who were left-handed;v each one could sling with a stone at a hair and not miss.

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Footnotes

  1. uOr “choice/chosen”
  2. vLiterally “bound by his right hand”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There were seven hundred fit young men who were left-handed among all these troops; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

NLTNew Living Translation

Among Benjamin’s elite troops, 700 were left-handed, and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth without missing.

KJV 1900King James Version

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