1 Samuel 5:12
What does 1 Samuel 5:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 5:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For there was the fear of death in every city, and the hand of God was exceeding heavy. The men also that did not die, were afflicted with the emerods: and the cry of every city went up to heaven.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Context
v.11They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 9:16
To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
- 1 Kings 19:17
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
- Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.
- Jeremiah 48:3
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Exodus 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
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