1 Samuel 6:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And the cows went straight for the way to Bĕ

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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-Deqer, in Maqats and Shaʽ

Exodus 8:15

And when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as יהוה  had said.

Numbers 20:19

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 15:10

And the border turned around from Baʽ

1 Samuel 6:11

And they put the ark of יהוה  on the wagon, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumours.

1 Samuel 6:13

And they of Bĕ

1 Samuel 6:9

“And you shall see, if it goes up the way to its own border, to Bĕ