Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.’ ,
1 Samuel 4:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight! ’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be strong, and acquit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you; behave yourselves like men, and fight! American Standard Version (1901) Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Common English Bible Pull yourselves together and act like men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews like they’ve been serving you. Act like men and fight!” Catholic Public Domain Version "Be strengthened, and be manly, O Philistines! Otherwise, you may serve the Hebrews, as they also have served you. Be strengthened and wage war!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take courage and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you. Take courage and fight. |
Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.’ ,
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.
Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
There were Hebrews from the area who had gone earlier into the camp to join the Philistines, but even they joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.