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The Ark Afflicts the Philistines

1 Samuel 5:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
KJV
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
WEB
The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
ASV
And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
LSV
and the men who have not died have been struck with lumps, and the cry of the city goes up into the heavens.
YLT
and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
DBY
and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
DRC
For 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.
GNV
And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.
JPS
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
LXXE
For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.Gr. dead.

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  • Written (Ketiv): בָּעֳפָלִים (“with the tumors”). Read aloud (Qere): בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים (“with the tumors”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads בַּעְפֹלִ֑ים; read aloud (Qere) reads בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים (“with the tumors”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־מֵ֔תוּ הֻכּ֖וּ בעפלים וַתַּ֛עַל שַֽׁוְעַ֥ת הָעִ֖יר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read aloud as (qere): בַּטְּחֹרִ֑יםAdaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.
LXX-Br
καὶ οἱ ζῶντες καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανόντες ἐπλήγησαν εἰς τὰς ἕδρας· καὶ ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 12:30During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
  • Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
  • 1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
  • 1 Samuel 9:16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people,…
  • Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
  • Isaiah 15:3–5In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry…
  • Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
  • Jeremiah 48:3A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

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