1 Samuel 6:4

King James Version (KJV)

Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

Translations

1 Samuel 6:4 - Amplified Bible

Then they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? They answered, Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the Philistine lords, for one plague was on you all, even on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - American Standard Version

Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - Bible in Basic English

Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - Darby Bible

Then they said, What is the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague is upon them all, and upon your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - English Standard Version

And they said, "What is the guilt 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 the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - King James Version

1 Samuel 6:4 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y los filisteos preguntaron: ¿Cuál será la ofrenda por la culpa que hemos de devolverle? Y ellos dijeron: Cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratones de oro conforme al nùmero de los prìncipes de los filisteos, porque la misma plaga estuvo sobre todos vosotros y sobre vuestros prìncipes.

1 Samuel 6:4 - The Message

"And what exactly would make for adequate compensation?" "Five gold tumors and five gold rats," they said, "to match the number of Philistine leaders. Since all of you—leaders and people—suffered the same plague, make replicas of the tumors and rats that are devastating the country and present them as an offering to the glory of the God of Israel. Then maybe he’ll ease up and not be so hard on you and your gods, and on your country. Why be stubborn like the Egyptians and Pharaoh? God didn’t quit pounding on them until they let the people go. Only then did he let up.

1 Samuel 6:4 - New American Standard Bible

Then they said, "What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?" And they said, "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 Samuel 6:4 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y los Filisteos preguntaron: "¿Cuál será la ofrenda por la culpa que Le hemos de devolver?" Y ellos dijeron: "Cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratones de oro conforme al nùmero de los prìncipes de los Filisteos, porque la misma plaga estuvo sobre todos ustedes y sobre sus prìncipes.

1 Samuel 6:4 - World English Bible

Then they said, "What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:4 - Young's Living Translation

And they say, `What [is] the guilt-offering which we send back to Him?` and they say, `The number of the princes of the Philistines -- five golden emerods, and five golden mice -- for one plague [is] to you all, and to your princes,

1 Samuel 6:4 - Additional Comments

They were to make 5 golden tumors (see notes on 5:6), symbolic of the hurt God put on them, and to make 5 golden rats (i.e. attacking, nibbling mice), symbolic of the hurt the rats did on their land (vs 5).

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