1 Samuel 4:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “Gods have come into the camp.” They also said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! For such a thing has not happened before.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

Common English Bible

⁷ the Philistines were afraid and said, “A god has come into that camp! We’re doomed,” they said, “because nothing like this has ever happened before.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And the Philistines were afraid, saying, "God has entered into the camp." And they groaned, saying:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

1 Samuel 4:7 Cross References

Exodus 14:14

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”

Exodus 14:25

He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one have routed a thousand and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, the Lord had given them up?

1 Samuel 4:6

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp,

1 Samuel 4:8

Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.