4Then 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.


In Context

1 The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

2 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, |What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place.|

3 They said, |If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.|

4 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.

5 Therefore 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 lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

6 Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people go, and they departed?

1 Samuel 6:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4The Philistines asked, "What guilt offering should we send to him?" They replied, "Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4They answered: What is it we ought to render unto him for sin? and they answered:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Then said they, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumours, 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which 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 one plague was on you all, and on your lords.