1 Samuel 6:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The Philistines called for the priests and diviners and said, "What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the Philistines{H6430} called{H7121} for the priests{H3548} and the diviners,{H7080} saying,{H559} What shall we do{H6213} with the ark{H727} of Jehovah?{H3068} show{H3045} us wherewith we shall send{H7971} it to its place.{H4725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the Philistines{H6430} called{H7121}{(H8799)} for the priests{H3548} and the diviners{H7080}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What shall we do{H6213}{(H8799)} to the ark{H727} of the LORD{H3068}? tell{H3045}{(H8685)} us wherewith we shall send{H7971}{(H8762)} it to his place{H4725}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the Philistynes called their prestes and soythsayers, and sayde: What shal we do with the Arke of the LORDE? Shewe vs, wher with shal we sende it vnto hir place?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Philistims called the priests and the soothsayers, saying, What shall we doe with the Arke of the Lord? tell vs wherewith we shall send it home againe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Philistines called for the priestes and the soothsayers, saying: What shall we do with the arke of the Lord? Tell vs wherewith we shall sende it home againe:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, `What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent it to its place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent it to its place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying,“What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:8 : 8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for Pharaoh.
  • Exod 7:11 : 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers, now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
  • Dan 2:2 : 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
  • Dan 5:7 : 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, have a chain of gold around his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."
  • Mic 6:6-9 : 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? 9 The LORD'S voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom will see Your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it.
  • Matt 2:4 : 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
  • Isa 2:6 : 6 Therefore You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves with the children of strangers.
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail. 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from these things that shall come upon you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 6:1
    84%

    1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 1 Sam 6:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3 And they said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but indeed return to Him a trespass offering. Then you shall be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand has not been removed from you."

    4 Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering that we shall return to Him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords."

  • 1 Sam 5:7-12
    6 verses
    82%

    7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh upon us and Dagon our god.

    8 So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

    9 And it was so, that after they had carried it there, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction; He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their secret parts.

    10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

    11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

    12 And the men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

    21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up to you."

  • 1 Sam 6:7-18
    12 verses
    79%

    7 Now therefore, make a new cart, take two milk cows that have never been yoked, and tie the cows to the cart, but bring their calves home away from them.

    8 And take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart, and put the jewels of gold, which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering, in a chest by its side and send it away, so that it may go.

    9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.

    10 And the men did so; they took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

    11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.

    12 And the cows took the straight road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

    13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

    14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stood there; there was a large stone, and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

    15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the jewels of gold, and placed them on the large stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord on that day.

    16 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

    17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

    18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even to the large stone of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the Lord, which remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

  • 1 Sam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

    4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  • 1 Sam 5:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

    2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

    3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

  • 1 Sam 4:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

    7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before.

    8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    74%

    3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not inquire of it in the days of Saul.

  • Josh 3:3
    73%

    3 And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you shall move from your place and follow it.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    73%

    9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    73%

    18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God," for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who dwells between the cherubim.

    3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

    4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    72%

    13 And it was so, that when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    72%

    14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Judg 20:27
    72%

    27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    71%

    17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    71%

    1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
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    3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
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    12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

  • 2 Sam 6:6
    71%

    6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    71%

    11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

  • Josh 3:6
    70%

    6 And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

  • Judg 18:5
    70%

    5 And they said to him, Please inquire of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be successful.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    70%

    1 So they brought the ark of God and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.