1 Samuel 6:6

1 Samuel 6:6 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, that they might depart?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. By the time God was finished with them, they were eager to let Israel go.

Context of 1 Samuel 6:6

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. 5Wherefore 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. 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? 7Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: 8And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

1 Samuel 6:6 word by word

וְלָ֤מָּה תְכַבְּדוּ֙ אֶת־לְבַבְכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר כִּבְּד֛וּ מִצְרַ֥יִם וּפַרְעֹ֖ה אֶת־לִבָּ֑ם הֲלוֹא֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְעַלֵּ֣ל בָּהֶ֔ם וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּם וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Wherefore then do ye hardenכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• your heartsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• as the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• their heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• when he had wrought wonderfullyעָלַל‛âlal · to abuseH5953
• among them, did they not let the people goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• and they departedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:6

• Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
• Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
• Exodus 7:13And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
• Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
• Exodus 9:16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
• Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
• Exodus 15:14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
• Exodus 12:31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts - They had heard how God punished the Egyptians, and they are afraid of similar plagues. It appears that they had kept the ark long enough. Did they not let the people go - And has he not wrought wonderfully among us? And should we not send back his ark?Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Philistines believed they could defeat the Lord by fighting harder (1 Samuel 4:9). They had beaten the Israelites, but now understood they could not defeat Israel's God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?--The memory of the appalling judgments that had been inflicted on Egypt was not yet obliterated. Whether preserved in written records, or in floating tradition, they were still fresh in the minds of men, and being extensively spread, were doubtless the means of diffusing the knowledge and fear of the true God.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 6:6

• Heart
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In the dictionaries

• Pharaoh
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
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• David
• Ekron
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• Providence
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• Samuel, Books of
• Ark of the Covenant

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