2 Samuel 14:26

2 Samuel 14:26 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

26Whenever he cut the hair of his head—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels by the royal standard.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

26And when he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, because it was heavy on him, so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

26When he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of each year he cut it, because its weight was heavy on him) he weighed the hair of his head at 200 shekels by the king’s weight.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

26And when he cut the hair of his head— he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy— he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

26And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

26And when he polled his head, (for at euery yeeres ende he polled it: because it was too heauie for him, therefore he polled it) he weyghed the heare of his head at two hundreth shekels by the Kings weight.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

26When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

26He used to cut his hair once a year when it became too heavy for him. Then he would weigh it. It weighed five pounds in keeping with the standard weights used in the palace.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

26Once every year he cut his hair because it became too heavy. Each time, the hair that he cut off weighed about 2 kilograms.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

26and in his shaving his head—and it has been at the end of year by year that he shaves [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he has shaved it—he has even weighed out the hair of his head—two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.

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