1 Chronicles 20:6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
1 Chronicles 20:6 in other translations
| BSB | And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, |
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| WEB | There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant. |
| ASV | And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born unto the giant. |
| YLT | And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes are six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant. |
| DARBY | And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to Rapha. |
| BBE | And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim. |
| Webster | And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. |
What does 1 Chronicles 20:6 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
1 Chronicles 20:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 20:6
- 2 Samuel 21:20
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 21:20
the son of the giant. Heb. born to the giant. or Rapha.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 20:5
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
- 1 Chronicles 20:6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
- 1 Chronicles 20:7
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
1 Chronicles 20:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y volvió á haber guerra en Gath, donde hubo un hombre de grande estatura, el cual tenía seis dedos en pies y manos, en todos veinticuatro: y también era hijo de Rapha. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il y eut encore un combat à Gath: et il y avait là un homme de haute stature qui avait six doigts et six orteils, en tout 24; et lui aussi était né au géant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wiederum entstand ein Streit zu Gath. Da war ein Mann von großer Länge, und er hatte je sechs Finger und Zehen, zusammen 24; und auch er war dem Rapha geboren worden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et aliud bellum accidit in Geth, in quo fuit homo longissimus, senos habens digitos, id est, simul viginti quatuor: qui et ipse de Rapha fuerat stirpe generatus. |