1 Samuel 6:10
What does 1 Samuel 6:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 6:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had sucking calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
Context
v.9And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
v.10This passage
v.11and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
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