2 Samuel 8:4 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot-horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
World English Bible (WEB)
David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.
| And David | וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד | wayyilkōd | va-yeel-KODE |
| took | דָּוִ֜ד | dāwid | da-VEED |
| from | מִמֶּ֗נּוּ | mimmennû | mee-MEH-noo |
| him a thousand | אֶ֤לֶף | ʾelep | EH-lef |
| seven and chariots, | וּשְׁבַע | ûšĕbaʿ | oo-sheh-VA |
| hundred | מֵאוֹת֙ | mēʾôt | may-OTE |
| horsemen, | פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים | pārāšîm | pa-ra-SHEEM |
| and twenty | וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | wĕʿeśrîm | veh-es-REEM |
| thousand | אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelep | EH-lef |
| footmen: | אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš | eesh |
| רַגְלִ֑י | raglî | rahɡ-LEE | |
| and David | וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר | wayʿaqqēr | vai-ah-KARE |
| houghed | דָּוִד֙ | dāwid | da-VEED |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| all | כָּל | kāl | kahl |
| the chariot | הָרֶ֔כֶב | hārekeb | ha-REH-hev |
| reserved but horses, | וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר | wayyôtēr | va-yoh-TARE |
| of | מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mimmennû | mee-MEH-noo |
| them for an hundred | מֵ֥אָה | mēʾâ | MAY-ah |
| chariots. | רָֽכֶב׃ | rākeb | RA-hev |