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World English Bible

1 Samuel 5 (WEBP)

[1] Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
[2] The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
[3] When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
[4] When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
[5] Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
[6] But Yahweh’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.
[7] When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
[8] They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.
[9] It was so, that after they had carried it there, Yahweh’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, so that tumors broke out on them.
[10] So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.”
[11] They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
[12] The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 5 (KJVS)

[1] And the Philistines took () the ark of God , and brought () it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod .
[2] When the Philistines took () the ark of God , they brought () it into the house of Dagon , and set () it by Dagon .
[3] And when they of Ashdod arose early () on the morrow , behold, Dagon [was] fallen () upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD . And they took () Dagon , and set him in his place again ().
[4] And when they arose early () on the morrow morning , behold, Dagon [was] fallen () upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off () upon the threshold ; only [the stump of] Dagon was left () to him.
[5] Therefore neither the priests of Dagon , nor any that come () into Dagon’s house , tread () on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day .
[6] But the hand of the LORD was heavy () upon them of Ashdod , and he destroyed () them, and smote () them with emerods () , [even] Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
[7] And when the men of Ashdod saw () that [it was] so, they said (), The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide () with us: for his hand is sore () upon us, and upon Dagon our god .
[8] They sent () therefore and gathered () all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said (), What shall we do () with the ark of the God of Israel ? And they answered (), Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about () unto Gath . And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about () [thither].
[9] And it was [so], that, after they had carried it about (), the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction : and he smote () the men of the city , both small and great , and they had emerods () in their secret parts ().
[10] Therefore they sent () the ark of God to Ekron . And it came to pass, as the ark of God came () to Ekron , that the Ekronites cried out (), saying (), They have brought about () the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay () us and our people .
[11] So they sent () and gathered together () all the lords of the Philistines , and said (), Send away () the ark of the God of Israel , and let it go again () to his own place , that it slay () us not, and our people : for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city ; the hand of God was very heavy () there.
[12] And the men that died () not were smitten () with the emerods () : and the cry of the city went up () to heaven .

Young’s Literal Translation

1 Samuel 5 (YLT)

[1] And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
[2] and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
[3] And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.
[4] And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;
[5] therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.
[6] And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.
[7] And the men of Ashdod see that it is so, and have said, ‘The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.’
[8] And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, ‘What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?’ and they say, ‘To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;’ and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel;
[9] and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city-a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.
[10] And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, ‘They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death-and our people.’
[11] And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, ‘Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death-and our people;’ for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,
[12] and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.