(9) And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 9. And was at a distance of two bows’ length or (even) nearer.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

So he was at two bows (distance) or (even) closer (still).
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer,
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,
— Pickthall - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
— Sahih International - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

(53:9) until he was two bows' length away, or nearer.8
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

so as he was at a distance like that of two bows (joined together), rather even nearer.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

that he was only two arms-lengths away or even less.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

that he was only two arms-lengths away or even less.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
9. So his closeness to him was the distance of two bow lengths or even closer.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
until he was two bow-lengths away, or even closer,
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي