1 Chronicles 12:2 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Chronicles 12:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
נֹ֣שְׁקֵי
nâshaq
H5401
to kiss
קֶ֗שֶׁת
qesheth
H7198
bow
מַיְמִינִ֤ים
yâman
H3231
to choose right
וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙
sâmaʼl
H8041
to turn left
בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים
ʼeben
H68
stone
וּבַחִצִּ֖ים
chêts
H2671
arrow
בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת
qesheth
H7198
bow
מֵאֲחֵ֥י
ʼâch
H251
brother
שָׁא֖וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
מִבִּנְיָמִֽן
Binyâmîyn
H1144
Benjamin
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World English Bible Public Domain
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
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King James Version Public Domain
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Kissers of the bow, being right-handed and being left-handed with stones, and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul, from Benjamin:
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).