1 Samuel 6:9 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

ASV Byzantine Text

And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Asang Khongca Bible

Angmah prae caehhaih Beth-Shemesh bangah Sithaw ih thingkhong to caeh nahaeloe, a tongh o ih hae baktih kasae loe Angraeng mah ni ohsak; toe to bangah ni caeh ai nahaeloe, anih ih ban hoiah aicae hae hum ai, hae raihaih loe a tongh o han ih aimacae taham raihaih ah ni om tih, tiah a naa o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae amah khorhi kah Bethshemesh longpuei a pha duela so uh lah, mamih ham boethae muep han saii venim, te a om pawt bal atah mamih taengah a kut hlah voel pawh tite m'ming uh vetih a hmatoeng te mamih ham om bitni,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae amah khorhi kah Bethshemesh longpuei a pha duela so uh lah, mamih ham boethae muep han saii venim, te a om pawt bal atah mamih taengah a kut hlah voel pawh tite m'ming uh vetih a hmatoeng te mamih ham om bitni,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A e nana oukou, ina paha e pii aku ia ma ke ala o kona mokuna, i Betesemesa, alaila, ua hana mai ia i keia ino nui no kakou: aka, i ole. alaila e ike kakou, aole kona lima i hahau mai ia kakou; ua hiki wale mai ia mea ia kakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

N'a rete ap gade l' ale. Si nou wè l' pran chemen moute lavil Bèt-Chemèch, n'a konnen se Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki te voye tout malè sa yo sou nou. Men si li pran yon lòt wout, lè sa a n'a konnen malè sa yo pa t' soti nan li. Se te devenn pa nou.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et aspicietis: et si quidem per viam finium suorum ascenderit contra Bethsames, ipse fecit nobis hoc malum grande: sin autem, minime: sciemus quia nequaquam manus ejus tetigit nos, sed casu accidit.

Bible in Basic English

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et vous verrez : si elle monte par le chemin de sa frontière, vers Beth-Shémesh, c’est lui qui nous a fait ce grand mal ; sinon, nous saurons que ce n’est pas sa main qui nous a frappés, [mais] que c’est une chose accidentelle qui nous est arrivée.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A šetřte: Jestližeť cestou k cíli svému půjde do Betsemes, onť jest nám způsobil všecko toto zlé přenáramné; pakli nic, poznáme, že ne ruka jeho dotkla se nás, ale náhodou nám to přišlo.

Kosraean Bible

Ac kowos in lohang nu ke wagon soko an lah ac fahsr nu oya. Fin fahsr nu layen nu Beth Shemesh, na kalem lah pwaye God lun Israel pa oru mwe keok inge nu sesr. A fin tia fahsr nu we, na kut etu lah tia El pa oru ma inge — ma na sifacna sikyak se.”

World Portuguese Bible

Observem: se ela subir pelo caminho da sua própria fronteira em direção a Bete-Semes, então foi ele quem nos fez este grande mal; mas se não, saberemos que não foi a sua mão que nos feriu, mas que isso nos aconteceu por acaso.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și vedeți, dacă se va urca pe calea ținutului său la Bet-Șemeș, atunci el ne-a făcut acest mare rău; dacă nu, atunci vom ști că aceasta, care ne-a lovit, nu este mâna lui, ci a fost o întâmplare ceea ce ni s-a întâmplat.

Brenton English Septuagint

And ye shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Bæthsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this is a chance which has happened to us.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လှည်းအဘယ်အရပ်သို့သွားသည်ကိုစောင့်၍ ကြည့်လော့။ အကယ်၍ဗက်ရှေမက်မြို့ရှိရာသို့ သွားလျှင် ဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့၏ဘုရား သည် ငါတို့အပေါ်သို့ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ရာကပ် ရောဂါကိုကျရောက်စေကြောင်းသိမှတ်ရမည်။ သို့ရာတွင်လှည်းသည်ထိုမြို့ရှိရာသို့မသွား ခဲ့သော် ကိုယ်တော်သည်ငါတို့ထံကပ်ရောဂါ ကိုစေလွှတ်တော်မူသည်မဟုတ်။ ကပ်ရောဂါ သည်အလိုအလျောက်ဆိုက်ရောက်လာခြင်း သာဖြစ်ကြောင်းငါတို့သိမှတ်ရမည်။''

Darby Translation

And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance [that] happened to us.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und sehet zu: Wenn sie den Weg nach ihrer Grenze hinaufgeht, nach Beth-Semes hin, so hat er uns dieses große Übel getan; wenn aber nicht, so wissen wir, daß nicht seine Hand uns geschlagen hat: ein Zufall ist es uns gewesen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Ziet dan toe, indien zij den weg van haar landpale opgaat naar Beth-Semes, zo heeft Hij ons dit groot kwaad gedaan; maar zo niet, zo zullen wij weten, dat Zijn hand ons niet geraakt heeft; het is ons een toeval geweest.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

en let op! Als zij de weg naar haar eigen land inslaat, naar Bet-Sjémesj, dan is zij het, die ons die vreselijke ramp heeft bezorgd; zo niet, dan weten we tenminste, dat niet haar hand ons het leed heeft berokkend, maar dat het ons bij toeval trof.

Italian Diodati Bible

E state a guardare; se ella sale verso Bet-semes, traendo alle contrade di esso, egli ci avrà fatto questo gran male; se no, noi sapremo che la sua mano non ci ha toccati, anzi che è stato un caso che ci è avvenuto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And you shall look: and if it go up by the way of his own coasts towards Bethsames, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, we shall know that it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happened by chance.

Geneva Bible 1599

And take heede, if it goe vp by the way of his owne coast to Beth-shemesh, it is he that did vs this great euill: but if not, we shall know then, that it is not his hand that smote vs, but it was a chance that happened vs.

Danish Bible 1931

Læg siden Mærke til, om den tager Vejen hjem ad Bet-Sjemesj til, thi så er det ham, som har voldt os denne store Ulykke; i modsat Fald ved vi, at det ikke var hans Hånd, som ramte os, men at det var en Hændelse!”

Leeser Tanakh

And then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth-shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath happened to us.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.'

King James Version

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

và xem chừng. Nếu nó đi lên về phía xứ nó, tức về hướng Bết-Sê-mết, thì ắt là Đức Giê-hô-va đã giáng họa lớn nầy trên chúng ta; bằng không, chúng ta sẽ biết chẳng phải tay Ngài đã hành hại chúng ta, nhưng các điều đó xảy đến tình cờ đó thôi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Revised West Version

Pea vakai, kapau ʻoku ʻalu ia ʻi he hala ki hono fonua ki Pete-Semesi, ko e moʻoni kuo ne fai ʻae mamahi lahi ni kiate kitautolu: pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai, pea tau toki ʻilo tā ʻoku ʻikai ko hono nima kuo taaʻi ʻakitautolu, ka ko e kovi kuo hoko tuʻungaʻa pē kiate kitautolu.”

French Ostervald Bible

Puis, regardez; si elle monte vers Beth-Shémesh, par le chemin de sa frontière, c'est l'Éternel qui nous a fait ce grand mal; sinon, nous saurons que sa main ne nous a point touchés, mais que ceci nous est arrivé par hasard.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj rigardu: se ĝi iros laŭ la vojo al sia regiono, al Bet-Ŝemeŝ, tiam Li faris al ni tiun grandan malbonon; se ne, tiam ni scios, ke ne Lia mano frapis nin, sed ke tio trafis nin blindokaze.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Suivez-la du regard: si elle monte par le chemin de sa frontière vers Beth-Schémesch, c’est l’Éternel qui nous a fait ce grand mal; sinon, nous saurons que ce n’est pas sa main qui nous a frappés, mais que cela nous est arrivé par hasard.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und sehet zu: geht sie hin auf dem Weg ihrer Grenze gen Beth-Semes, so hat er uns all das große Übel getan; wo nicht, so werden wir wissen, daß sein Hand uns nicht gerührt hat, sondern es ist uns ungefähr widerfahren.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And you⌃ shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this is a chance which has happened to us.

British English Septuagint 2012

And you⌃ shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this is a chance which has happened to us.

Majority Standard BIble

but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

Webster Bible

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know, that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Revised Version

And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E state a vedere: se sale per la via che mena al suo paese, verso Beth-Scemesh, vuol dire che l’Eterno è quegli che ci ha fatto questo gran male; se no, sapremo che non la sua mano ci ha percossi, ma che questo ci è avvenuto per caso”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Observez-les : si le char monte vers Beth-Shémesh en suivant le chemin de son territoire, c’est lui qui nous a causé ce grand mal. Sinon, nous saurons que ce n’est pas sa main qui nous a frappés et que cela nous est arrivé par hasard. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y mirad: si sube por el camino de su término á Beth-semes, él nos ha hecho este mal tan grande; y si no, seremos ciertos que su mano no nos hirió, nos ha sido accidente.

Spanish BLL

Pero fíjense bien: si el arca sube por el camino de su propio territorio hacia Bet Semes, entonces sabremos que fue el Dios de Israel quien nos mandó este gran mal; pero si no es así, sabremos que no fue su mano la que nos hirió, sino que todo fue una casualidad”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Observad: si sube por el camino de su propia frontera hacia Bet Semes, entonces él nos ha hecho este gran mal; pero si no, sabremos que no es su mano la que nos ha herido, sino que fue por casualidad».

Croatian Bible

Zatim gledajte: ako krene prema svome kraju, put Bet Šemeša, onda je sigurno da nam je on zadao ovo veliko zlo; ako li ne krene tako, znat ćemo da nas nije udarila njegova ruka, nego da nam se to dogodilo slučajno.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I gledajte: ako pođe putem k međi svojoj u Vet-Semes, On nam je učinio ovo veliko zlo; ako li ne pođe tako, onda ćemo znati da nas se nije dohvatila ruka Njegova, nego nam se dogodilo slučajno.

German Textbibel

Seht aber zu: wenn sie den Heimweg antritt hinauf nach Bethsemes, dann hat er uns dieses große Unheil zugefügt; wenn nicht, so wissen wir dann, daß nicht seine Hand uns getroffen hat: auf einem Zufall beruhte, was uns widerfahren ist!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And ye shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Beth-shemesh, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this is a chance which has happened to us.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם אִם־דֶּ֨רֶךְ גְּבוּל֤וֹ יַֽעֲלֶה֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ ה֚וּא עָ֣שָׂה לָ֔נוּ אֶת־הָרָעָ֥ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את וְאִם־לֹ֗א וְיָדַ֨עְנוּ֙ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדוֹ֙ נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ מִקְרֶ֥ה ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה לָֽנוּ׃