1 Samuel 5:12

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“Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.”

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BSBPD

“Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 5:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:30During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
  2. 1 Samuel 9:16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  3. 1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
  4. Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
  5. Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
  7. Jeremiah 48:3A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
  8. Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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