When David was told, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”
2 Samuel 10:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half the beard of each, cut off their garments in the middle at their waists, and sent them away. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half their beards and cut off their garments in the middle at their hips and sent them away. American Standard Version (1901) So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. Common English Bible So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off their beards, cut off half their garments, from their buttocks down, and sent them off. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, Hanun took the servants of David, and he shaved off one half part of their beards, and he cut their garments at the middle, as far as the buttocks, and he sent them away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore Hanon took the servants of David, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away. |
When David was told, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”
Daughter Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. Every head is shaved; every beard is shorn;
so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as captives and the Cushites as exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria with their beards shaved and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.