1 Samuel 5:12

And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

And the men {H582} that died {H4191} not were smitten {H5221} with the emerods {H2914}{H6076}: and the cry {H7775} of the city {H5892} went up {H5927} to heaven {H8064}.

The people who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the city's cries for help reached the skies.

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 12:30 (5 votes)

    And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead.

  • Amos 5:19 (3 votes)

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Jeremiah 48:3 (2 votes)

    A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

  • Jeremiah 25:34 (2 votes)

    Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

  • Jeremiah 14:2 (2 votes)

    Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

  • 1 Samuel 9:16 (2 votes)

    To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

  • 1 Kings 19:17 (2 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.