• 1 Samuel 4:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 3 When the people returned to the camp, the elders of Israel said: “Why did Jehovah allow us to be defeated* today by the Phi·lisʹtines?+ Let us take the ark of Jehovah’s covenant with us from Shiʹloh,+ so that it may be with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  • 1 Samuel 4:3
    The Bible in Living English

    • 3* And when the men got to camp, the elders of Israel said “Why did Jehovah cause us to be beaten by the Philistines today? let us get the ark of our God from Shiloh, that it may go out in our midst and save us out of the hands of our enemies.”

  • 1 Samuel 4:3
    American Standard Version

    • 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Samuel 4:3
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 3 And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Yahweh smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us, out of Shiloh, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that when it cometh into our midst, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Samuel 4:3
    King James Version

    • 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.