1 Chronicles 19:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.”
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“So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 19:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
- 2 Samuel 10:4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Isaiah 47:2Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Mark 12:4Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
- Luke 20:10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
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