Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Make models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land. New Living Translation Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land. English Standard Version So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land. Berean Standard Bible Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. King James Bible Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. New King James Version Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand from you, from your gods, and from your land. New American Standard Bible So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that are ruining the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand from you, your gods, and your land. NASB 1995 “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land. NASB 1977 “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land. Legacy Standard Bible So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that bring the land to ruin, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land. Amplified Bible So you shall make replicas of your tumors and of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand [of judgment] on you and your gods and your land. Christian Standard Bible Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps he will stop oppressing you, your gods, and your land. Holman Christian Standard Bible Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps He will stop oppressing you, your gods, and your land. American Standard Version Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Contemporary English Version So make five gold models of the sores and five gold models of the rats that are wiping out your crops. If you honor the God of Israel with this gift, maybe he will stop causing trouble for you and your gods and your crops. English Revised Version Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumours, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land: GOD'S WORD® Translation Make models of your tumors and your mice which are destroying the country, and give glory to the God of Israel. Maybe he will no longer be so hard on you, your gods, and your country. Good News Translation You must make these models of the tumors and of the mice that are ravaging your country, and you must give honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will stop punishing you, your gods, and your land. International Standard Version Make images of your tumors and images of the mice that are destroying your land, and you are to give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will remove his pressure from you, your gods, and your land. Majority Standard Bible Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. NET Bible You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. New Heart English Bible Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of the mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory to the God of Israel: it may be he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. World English Bible Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have made images of your lumps, and images of your muroids that are corrupting the land, and have given glory to the God of Israel; it may be [that] He lightens His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land; Young's Literal Translation and ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land; Smith's Literal Translation And make likenesses of your tumors, and likenesses of your mice destroying the land; and give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAccording to the number of the provinces of the Philistines you shall make five golden emerods, and five golden mice: for the same plague hath been upon you all, and upon your lords. And you shall make the likeness of your emerods, and the likeness of the mice that have destroyed the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: to see if he will take off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land. Catholic Public Domain Version “In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land. New American Bible Therefore, make images of the tumors and of the mice that are devastating your land and so give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps then God will lift his hand from you, your gods, and your land. New Revised Standard Version So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand on you and your gods and your land. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWherefore you shall make likenesses of your boils and images of the mice that are destroying the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps he will remove his hand from you and from your god and from your land. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that destroy the land, and you shall give the God of Israel honor; perhaps he will remove his hand from you and from your god and from your land OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; peradventure He will lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Brenton Septuagint Translation According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden emerods, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and ye shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ark Returned to Israel…4“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers. 5Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. 6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?… Cross References Exodus 8:19 “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. Exodus 12:31-32 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” Exodus 14:25 He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!” Numbers 21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people. Joshua 7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 1 Samuel 5:6-12 Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors. / And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.” / So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel. ... 2 Kings 17:25-26 Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.” 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you. Psalm 78:42-51 They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary, / when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. / He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. ... Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols. Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. Ezekiel 20:9 But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Treasury of Scripture Why you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. Exodus 8:5,17,24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt… Exodus 10:14,15 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such… Joel 1:4-7 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten… give glory Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. Psalm 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. lighten 1 Samuel 5:6,11 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof… Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. Psalm 39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. off your 1 Samuel 5:3,4,7 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again… Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. Numbers 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. Jump to Previous Country Destroying Ease Emerods Hand Honor Images Israel Israel's Lighten Mar Mice Models Pay Peradventure Perhaps Rats Tumors WhereforeJump to Next Country Destroying Ease Emerods Hand Honor Images Israel Israel's Lighten Mar Mice Models Pay Peradventure Perhaps Rats Tumors Wherefore1 Samuel 6 1. After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark10. They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth Shemesh 19. The people are smitten for looking into the ark 21. They send to them of Kiriath Jearim to fetch it Make images of your tumors The phrase "make images of your tumors" refers to the Philistines' attempt to appease the God of Israel by creating representations of the afflictions they suffered. The Hebrew word for "tumors" is "עֹפָל" (ophal), which can mean swellings or boils. This act of making images was a form of offering or atonement, acknowledging the divine source of their suffering. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of creating votive offerings to deities in hopes of healing or favor. and of the rats that are destroying the land Give glory to the God of Israel Perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Makeוַעֲשִׂיתֶם֩ (wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make images צַלְמֵ֨י (ṣal·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6754: A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol of your tumors טְחֹרֵיכֶ֜ם (ṭə·ḥō·rê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6076: A tumor, a mound, fortress and of the rats עַכְבְּרֵיכֶ֗ם (‘aḵ·bə·rê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5909: A mouse that are ravaging הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם֙ (ham·maš·ḥî·ṯim) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin the land. הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Give וּנְתַתֶּ֛ם (ū·nə·ṯat·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set glory כָּב֑וֹד (kā·ḇō·wḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness to the God לֵאלֹהֵ֥י (lê·lō·hê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and perhaps אוּלַ֗י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's 194: Perhaps He will lift יָקֵ֤ל (yā·qêl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling His hand יָדוֹ֙ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand from you מֵֽעֲלֵיכֶ֔ם (mê·‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition-m | second person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and וּמֵעַ֥ל (ū·mê·‘al) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your gods אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and וּמֵעַ֥ל (ū·mê·‘al) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your land. אַרְצְכֶֽם׃ (’ar·ṣə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 776: Earth, land Links 1 Samuel 6:5 NIV1 Samuel 6:5 NLT 1 Samuel 6:5 ESV 1 Samuel 6:5 NASB 1 Samuel 6:5 KJV 1 Samuel 6:5 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 6:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 6:5 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 6:5 French Bible 1 Samuel 6:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 6:5 Therefore you shall make images of your (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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