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When Israel&#8217s god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Don’t be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. By the time God was finished with them, they were eager to let Israel go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, that they might depart?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not let the people go, and they left?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had abused them, did they not allow the people to go, and they went?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts [allowing pride to cause your downfall] just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them <i>and</i> mocked them, did they not allow the people [of Israel] to go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When he afflicted them, didn’t they send Israel away, and Israel left?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, didn&#8217t they send Israel away, and Israel left? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't be like the Egyptians and their king. They were stubborn, but when Israel's God was finished with them, they had to let Israel go. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Why should you be as stubborn as the Egyptians and their Pharaoh were? After he toyed with the Egyptians, didn't they send the Israelites on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why should you be stubborn, as the king of Egypt and the Egyptians were? Don't forget how God made fools of them until they let the Israelites leave Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why should you harden your hearts just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? Isn't it true that after God toyed with them, they let Israel go, and off they went?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn't the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and why do you harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Do they not—when He has rolled Himself on them—send them away, and they go?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not -- when He hath rolled Himself upon them -- send them away, and they go?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And why shall ye make your hearts heavy, as Egypt and Pharaoh made their heart heavy? Did he not then do wonders among them, and they will send them away, and they will go?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? did not he, after he was struck, then let them go, and they departed? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why have you hardened your hearts, just as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he was struck, did he not then release them, and they went away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why should you become stubborn, the way the Egyptians and Pharaoh were stubborn? Was it not after he had dealt ruthlessly with them that the Israelites were released and departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had made fools of them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall not harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts, and as they mocked the Israelites and did not send them nor let them go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall not harden your heart as when the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart and as when they mocked at them, neither did they send them, neither did they go<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when He had wrought among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And why do ye harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? <i>was it</i> not <i>so</i> when he mocked them, <i>that</i> they let the people go, and they departed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=1419" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/6.htm">The Ark Returned to Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: wə·lām·māh (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: ṯə·ḵab·bə·ḏū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">harden</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/4713.htm" title="4713: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- Inhab. of Eg. From Mitsrayim; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim.">the Egyptians</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: ū·p̄ar·‘ōh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">and Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: kib·bə·ḏū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">hardened</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">theirs?</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/5953.htm" title="5953: hiṯ·‘al·lêl (V-Hitpael-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean; by implication to overdo, i.e. Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose.">He afflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did they not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·šal·lə·ḥūm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">send the people on their way</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lê·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">as they departed?</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a></span><br />When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-32.htm">Exodus 8:32</a></span><br />But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Exodus 9:34</a></span><br />When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">Exodus 10:1-2</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them, / and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-17.htm">Exodus 14:17</a></span><br />And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-23.htm">Exodus 14:23-31</a></span><br />And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea. / At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion. / He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Exodus 15:14-16</a></span><br />The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. / Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away, / and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-30.htm">Deuteronomy 2:30</a></span><br />But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-20.htm">Joshua 11:20</a></span><br />For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a></span><br />Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Nehemiah 9:16-17</a></span><br />But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. / They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8-9</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a></span><br />Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Jeremiah 7:26</a></span><br />Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?</p><p class="hdg">harden</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-4.htm">Job 9:4</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened <i>himself</i> against him, and hath prospered?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8</a></b></br> Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, <i>and</i> as <i>in</i> the day of temptation in the wilderness:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></b></br> But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;</p><p class="hdg">the Egyptians</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13</a></b></br> And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a></b></br> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Exodus 9:16,34</a></b></br> And in very deed for this <i>cause</i> have I raised thee up, for to shew <i>in</i> thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth… </p><p class="hdg">wonderfully.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-33</a></b></br> And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, <i>and</i> get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said… </p><p class="hdg">the people [heb] them </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/16-26.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-22.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-8.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-7.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/joshua/11-20.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/joshua/11-20.htm">Hardened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Harshly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-13.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/judges/19-22.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-10.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Mightily</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/joshua/10-18.htm">Rolled</a> <a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/judges/13-19.htm">Wonderfully</a> <a href="/ruth/2-19.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/ruth/2-19.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/16-22.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-33.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-18.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">Hardened</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-10.htm">Harshly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-4.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-6.htm">Mightily</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-8.htm">Rolled</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-44.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-4.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-17.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm">Wonderfully</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-1.htm">After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth Shemesh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-19.htm">The people are smitten for looking into the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-21.htm">They send to them of Kiriath Jearim to fetch it</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical terms, a hardened heart is one that is unresponsive to God's commands and guidance. This concept is prevalent throughout Scripture, notably in the narrative of Pharaoh during the Exodus. A hardened heart is often associated with pride and rebellion against God, leading to spiritual blindness and eventual judgment.<p><b>as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs?</b><br>The reference to the Egyptians and Pharaoh serves as a historical reminder of the consequences of resisting God's will. In the Exodus account, Pharaoh's repeated refusal to release the Israelites despite the plagues demonstrates a progressive hardening of his heart. This hardening is both a result of Pharaoh's own choices and a divine judgment, illustrating the interplay between human free will and divine sovereignty. The Egyptians' experience serves as a cautionary tale for the Philistines, warning them of the dangers of opposing God.<p><b>When He afflicted them</b><br>This phrase refers to the plagues that God sent upon Egypt as a means of compelling Pharaoh to release the Israelites. These afflictions were both punitive and redemptive, designed to demonstrate God's power and to liberate His people. The plagues were a direct challenge to the Egyptian gods, showcasing the supremacy of the God of Israel. This affliction was not arbitrary but served a divine purpose in the unfolding of salvation history.<p><b>did they not send the people out</b><br>The eventual release of the Israelites by Pharaoh highlights the futility of resisting God's will. Despite his initial stubbornness, Pharaoh ultimately capitulates to God's demands. This act of sending the Israelites out is a pivotal moment in the Exodus narrative, marking the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land. It underscores the theme of deliverance and God's faithfulness to His covenant promises.<p><b>so they could go on their way?</b><br>The phrase "go on their way" signifies the freedom and new beginning granted to the Israelites. It is a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and a step towards the establishment of Israel as a nation. This journey is not just a physical relocation but a spiritual pilgrimage towards becoming God's chosen people. It also prefigures the Christian journey of salvation, where believers are set free from the bondage of sin to walk in the newness of life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>A group of people who captured the Ark of the Covenant and experienced God's judgment as a result.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egyptians_and_pharaoh.htm">Egyptians and Pharaoh</a></b><br>Historical figures who resisted God's will during the Exodus, leading to severe plagues.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/ark_of_the_covenant.htm">Ark of the Covenant</a></b><br>The sacred chest representing God's presence, captured by the Philistines and causing them distress.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who were enslaved in Egypt and later freed by God's intervention.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/plagues.htm">Plagues</a></b><br>Divine judgments sent by God to compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_a_hardened_heart.htm">The Danger of a Hardened Heart</a></b><br>Just as Pharaoh's heart was hardened, leading to his downfall, we must guard against hardening our hearts to God's voice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a></b><br>The Philistines are reminded of the consequences faced by the Egyptians. We, too, should learn from biblical history to avoid repeating past mistakes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a></b><br>God's power and authority are evident in His dealings with both the Egyptians and the Philistines. Recognizing His sovereignty should lead us to humility and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The Philistines' eventual decision to return the Ark reflects a form of repentance. We should be quick to repent and align ourselves with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_remembrance.htm">The Role of Remembrance</a></b><br>Remembering God's past actions, as the Philistines were reminded of Egypt, can strengthen our faith and encourage us to trust in His plans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_16_and_2_sam_6_differ.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 16 differ from 2 Samuel 6 in describing the Ark's journey and the people's offerings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/romans_9_17-18__how_is_god_just.htm">Romans 9:17–18: When God hardens hearts, how can He still hold people accountable for their actions? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/if_god_hardened_pharaoh's_heart,_why_blame_him.htm">If Exodus 14:17 says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, how can Pharaoh be held responsible for his actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_sam_5_6__scientific_basis_for_tumors.htm">1 Samuel 5:6 - Is there any scientific or medical basis for the tumors supposedly afflicting the Philistines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">As the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts.</span>--We have here the traditional account of the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, no doubt, as it was preserved in Philistia. These constant references to the story of Moses and the Exodus are indications of the deep impression those events had made on the surrounding nations; hence the value they set on the Ark, which they looked upon as the visible symbol of the mighty Hebrew God. The argument here used by the priests and diviners is:--You all remember the well-known story of the obduracy of the powerful Egyptians in connection with these Israelites, yet even they in the end had to let them go. You Philistines have had the experience of one plague; will you, like those foolish Egyptians, harden your hearts till you. like them, have been smitten with ten?"<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wherefore do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh?</span> On this reference to Egypt see on 1 Samuel 4:8. It is remarkable that they so correctly point out that it was the obduracy of the Egyptians which made their punishment so severe. Yet finally even they, in spite of their determined opposition were compelled to let Israel go. So now the question is whether the Philistines will restore the ark on the warning of one plague, or whether they will hold out till they have been smitten with ten. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Why</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָ֤מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harden</span><br /><span class="heb">תְכַבְּדוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·ḵab·bə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַבְכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Egyptians</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Pharaoh</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפַרְעֹ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ar·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hardened</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּבְּד֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(kib·bə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">theirs?</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He afflicted them,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִתְעַלֵּ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(hiṯ·‘al·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5953.htm">Strong's 5953: </a> </span><span class="str2">To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did they not</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲלוֹא֙</span> <span class="translit">(hă·lō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">send the people on their way</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּם</span> <span class="translit">(way·šal·lə·ḥūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as they departed?</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lê·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 6:6 Why then do you harden your hearts (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 6:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 6:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/6-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 6:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 6:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>