7The Philistines were afraid, for they said, |God has come into the camp.| They said, |Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.


In Context

4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

5 When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

6 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?| They understood that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp.

7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, |God has come into the camp.| They said, |Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.

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

9 Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!|

1 Samuel 4:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7the Philistines were afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "We're in trouble! Nothing like this has happened before.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God hath come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, 'God hath come in unto the camp;' and they say, 'Woe to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.