1 Samuel 6:6

Lutherbibel

Warum verstockt ihr euer Herz, wie die Ägypter und Pharao ihr Herz verstockten? Ist's nicht also: da er seine Macht an ihnen bewies, ließen sie sie fahren, daß sie hingingen?

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und warum verhärtet ihr euer Herz, wie die Ägypter und der Pharao ihr Herz verhärteten? Ist dem nicht also: da er Macht an ihnen bewies, ließen sie jene ziehen, und so gingen sie hin?

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und warum wolltet ihr euer Herz verstocken, wie die �gypter und der Pharao ihr Herz verstockt haben? Lie�en sie sie nicht ziehen, als er seine Macht an ihnen ge�bt hatte, und sie zogen weg?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

harden: Job 9:4, Psalms 95:8, Romans 2:5, Hebrews 3:13

the Egyptians: Exodus 7:13, Exodus 8:15, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 9:34, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:14-16

wonderfully: or, reproachfully

did they not: Exodus 12:31-33

the people: Heb. them

Reciprocal: Exodus 11:10 - the Lord Job 15:25 - strengtheneth Daniel 5:20 - hardened Hebrews 3:8 - Harden

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?.... And would not let Israel go, when their dismission was demanded by Moses and Aaron in the name of the Lord; but was refused from time to time, being given up to judicial blindness and hardness of heart: and it seems by this, that though it was proposed by some to send back the ark, and which the priests and diviners approved of; yet there were some that were against it, who, notwithstanding the plagues inflicted on them, like Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts; which story these priests were acquainted with by the tradition of their ancestors, this being a fact then generally known in the world; or by the relation of the Israelites, over whom they had ruled many years, and were conversant with them:

when he had wrought wonderfully among them: that is, the God of Israel, though they mention not his name, who had wrought wonders in the land of Egypt; the ten plagues he inflicted on them are referred to:

did they not let the people go, and they departed? who were convinced by these plagues that they ought to let Israel go, and by them were prevailed upon to dismiss them, and the people did go out of their land; and therefore should not we let the ark go likewise, on whom plagues have been inflicted for detaining it? and may we not expect more and greater, should we refuse to dismiss it?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 6:6. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts — They had heard how God punished the Egyptians, and they are afraid of similar plagues. It appears that they had kept the ark long enough.

Did they not let the people go — And has he not wrought wonderfully among us? And should we not send back his ark?