KJV King James Version
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
WEB World English Bible
Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us.”
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh—He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 6
6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [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.
10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
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וּרְאִיתֶ֗םH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאִם־H518 · imifדֶּ֨רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductגְּבוּל֤וֹH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryיַֽעֲלֶה֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבֵּ֣יתH1053 · bet she.meshBeth-shemeshשֶׁ֔מֶשׁH1053 · bet she.meshBeth-shemeshה֚וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itעָ֣שָׂהH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָ֔נוּH9035 · nuusאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָרָעָ֥הH7451 · rabad: harmfulהַגְּדוֹלָ֖הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeהַזֹּ֑אתH2063 · zotthisוְאִם־H518 · imifלֹ֗אH3808 · lonotוְיָדַ֙עְנוּ֙H3045 · ya.dato knowכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotיָדוֹ֙H3027 · yadhandנָ֣גְעָהH5060 · na.gato touchבָּ֔נוּH9035 · nuusמִקְרֶ֥הH4745 · miq.rehaccidentה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהָ֥יָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלָֽנוּ׃H9035 · nuus
Cross-references
1 Samuel 6:3And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.2 Samuel 1:6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.Luke 10:31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.Joshua 21:16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.Joshua 15:10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?Isaiah 26:11LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
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