1 Samuel 6 · Verse 5

1 Samuel 6:5

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
1 Samuel 6:5, King James Version

1 Samuel 6:5 in other translations

BSBMake images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
WEBTherefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.
ASVWherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
YLTand ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land;
DARBYAnd ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that destroy the land, and give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off yourgods, and from off your land.
BBESo make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.
WebsterWherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory to the God of Israel: it may be he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

What does 1 Samuel 6:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. give glory unto the God of Israel--By these propitiatory presents, the Philistines would acknowledge His power and make reparation for the injury done to His ark. lighten his hand ... from off your gods--Elohim for god.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 He will lighten his hand from off you - The whole land was afflicted; the ground was marred by the mice; the common people and the lords afflicted by the haemorrhoids, and their gods broken in pieces.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 6:1-9

Seven months the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; so long it was a plague to them, because they would not send it home sooner. Sinners lengthen out their own miseries by refusing to part with their sins. The Israelites made no effort to recover the ark. Alas! where shall we find concern for religion prevail above all other matters? In times of public calamity we fear for ourselves, for our…

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1 Samuel 6:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֩va.'a.si.Temand you will makeH6213
צַלְמֵ֨יtzal.Meiimages ofH6754
טְחֹרֵיכֶ֜םte.cho.rei.Khemtumors yourH2914
וְצַלְמֵ֣יve.tzal.Meiand images ofH6754
עַכְבְּרֵיכֶ֗ם'akh.be.rei.Khemmice yourH5909
הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם֙ha.mash.chi.Timwhich are ruiningH7843
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וּנְתַתֶּ֛םu.ne.ta.Temand you will giveH5414
לֵאלֹהֵ֥יle.lo.Heito [the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כָּב֑וֹדka.VodhonorH3519
אוּלַ֗י'u.LaiperhapsH194
יָקֵ֤לya.Kelhe will lightenH7043
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָדוֹ֙ya.Dohand hisH3027
מֵֽעֲלֵיכֶ֔םme.'a.lei.Khemfrom with <the> youH5921
וּמֵעַ֥לu.me.'Aland from onH5921
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.Khemgods yourH430
וּמֵעַ֥לu.me.'Aland from onH5921
אַרְצְכֶֽם\׃'ar.tze.Khemland yourH776

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 6:5

  • Joshua 7:19

    And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

  • 1 Samuel 5:6-7

    But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

  • 1 Samuel 5:11

    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 go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 1 Samuel 5:3-4

    And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

  • Isaiah 42:12

    Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

  • John 9:24

    Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

  • Joel 1:4-7

    That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Psalms 32:4

    For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  • 1 Samuel 5:9

    And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

  • Psalms 18:44

    As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

  • Exodus 12:12

    For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mice.Bochart has collected many curious accounts relative to the terrible devastations made by these mischievous animals. William, Archbishop of Tyre, records, that in the beginning of the twelfth century, a penitential council was held at Naplouse, where five and twenty canons were framed for the correction of the manners of the inhabitants of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, who they apprehended had provoked to bring upon them the calamities of earthquakes, war, and famine. This last he ascribes to locusts and devouring mice, which had for four years together so destroyed the fruits of the earth as to cause an almost total failure of their crops. It was customary for the ancient heathen to offer to their gods such monuments of their deliverance as represented the evils from which they had been rescued; and Tavernier informs us, that among the Indians, when a pilgrim goes to one of the pagodas for a cure, he brings the figure of the member affected, made of gold, silver, or copper, according to his circumstances, which he offers to his god.
Ex 8:5,17,24; 10:14,15; Joe 1:4-7; 2:25
give glory.
Jos 7:19; Ps 18:44; 66:3; *marg:
Isa 42:12; Jer 3:13; 13:16; Mal 2:2; Joh 9:24; Re 11:13; 16:9
lighten.
5:6,11; Ps 32:4; 39:10
off your.
5:3,4,7; Ex 12:12; Nu 33:4; Isa 19:1

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 6:4

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 6:5

    Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

  • 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?

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1 Samuel 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Haréis pues las formas de vuestras hemorroides, y las formas de vuestros ratones que destruyen la tierra, y daréis gloria al Dios de Israel: quizá aliviará su mano de sobre vosotros, y de sobre vuestros dioses, y de sobre vuestra tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous ferez des figures de vos hémorroïdes, et des figures de vos souris qui détruisent le pays, et vous donnerez gloire au dieu d’Israël. Peut-être allégera-t-il sa main de dessus vous, et de dessus vos dieux, et de dessus votre pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und machet Bilder von euren Beulen und Bilder von euren Mäusen, die das Land verderben, und gebet dem Gott Israels Ehre; vielleicht läßt er seine Hand leichter werden über euch und über eurem Gott und über eurem Lande.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Juxta numerum provinciarum Philisthinorum quinque anos aureos facietis, et quinque mures aureos: quia plaga una fuit omnibus vobis, et satrapis vestris. Facietisque similitudines anorum vestrorum, et similitudines murium, qui demoliti sunt terram: et dabitis Deo Israël gloriam, si forte relevet manum suam a vobis, et a diis vestris, et a terra vestra.