1 Samuel 6:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh.  They stayed on that one road,  lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the cows went straight toward Beth-shemesh along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or the left. And the Philistine lords followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

Common English Bible

¹² The cows went straight ahead, following the road to Beth-shemesh. They kept to one route, mooing as they went, without turning right or left. The Philistine rulers followed them as far as the territory of Beth-shemesh.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But the cows went directly along the way that leads to Beth-shemesh. And they advanced only in one direction, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left. Moreover, the princes of the Philistines followed them, as far as the borders of Beth-shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:12 Cross References

1 Kings 4:9

Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart  and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Numbers 20:19

‘We will go on the main road,’ the Israelites replied to them, ‘and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay its price.  There will be no problem; only let us travel through on foot.’

Joshua 15:10

The border turned westwards from Baalah to Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), descended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded to Timnah.

1 Samuel 6:11

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.

1 Samuel 6:13

The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed to see it.

1 Samuel 6:9

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.’