Jacob replied, ‘My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing flocks and herds. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.
1 Samuel 6:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men did so, and took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. American Standard Version (1901) And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home; Common English Bible The rulers did just that. They took two nursing cows and harnessed them to the cart, penning their calves up at home. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had suckling calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. |
Jacob replied, ‘My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing flocks and herds. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.
On the seventh time, he reported, ‘There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea.’ Then Elijah said, ‘Go and tell Ahab, “Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.” ’
Then they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the box containing the gold mice and the images of their tumours.
Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland towards Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not his hand that punished us #– #it was only something that happened to us by chance.’