English Standard Version
1 Samuel 6:10
10The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
1 Samuel 6:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
- New International Version (NIV)So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.
Context of 1 Samuel 6:10
8And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way 9and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence." The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. 11And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors. 12And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
Read all of 1 Samuel 61 Samuel 6:10 word by word
וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְח֗וּ שְׁתֵּ֤י פָרוֹת֙ עָל֔וֹת וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל֥וּ בַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- did soעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- milchעוּל‛ûl · to nurseH5763
- kineפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510
- and tiedאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
- them to the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
- and shut upכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
- their calvesבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
- at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reapers saw the ark, they rejoiced; their joy for that was greater than the joy of harvest. The return of the ark, and the revival of holy ordinances, after days of restraint and trouble, are matters of great joy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Beth-shemesh--that is, "house of the sun," now Ain Shems [Robinson], a city of priests in Judah, in the southeast border of Dan, lying in a beautiful and extensive valley. Josephus says they were set a-going near a place where the road divided into two--the one leading back to Ekron, where were their calves, and the other to Beth-shemesh. Their frequent lowings attested their ardent longing for their young, and at the same time the supernatural…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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