23 They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 10:23

King James Version

23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

English Standard Version

23 Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

The Message

23 They ran and got him. He took his place before everyone, standing tall - head and shoulders above them.

New King James Version

23 So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

New Living Translation

23 So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:23

Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:17-27

(Read 1 Samuel 10:17-27)

Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them. The greater part of the people treated the matter with indifference. Saul modestly went home to his own house, but was attended by a band of men whose hearts God disposed to support his authority. If the heart bend at any time the right way, it is because He has touched it. One touch is enough when it is Divine. Others despised him. Thus differently are men affected to our exalted Redeemer. There is a remnant who submit to him, and follow him wherever he goes; they are those whose hearts God has touched, whom he has made willing. But there are others who despise him, who ask, How shall this man save us? They are offended in him, and they will be punished.