Parallel 1SA 6:3

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BSB § They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”

OEB They said, ‘If you are sending the ark of the God of Israel, you must not send it away empty. You must return to him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be made known to you why his hand is not removed from you.’

WEB They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”

NET They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

LSV And they say, “If you are sending the Ark of the God of Israel away, you do not send it away empty; for you certainly send back a guilt-offering to Him; then you are healed, and it has been known to you why His hand does not turn aside from you.”

FBV “If you're going to send back the Ark of the God of Israel, do not send it back empty-handedly, but make sure to send along with it a gift of a guilt offering to him,” they replied. “Then you will be healed, and you will understand why he has treated you like this.”

T4T Those men replied, “Send with it an offering to show Yahweh that you know that you are guilty for having captured the chest, in order that the plague will stop. If you do that, and then if you are healed, you will know that Yahweh is the one who caused you to experience the plague.”

LEB They said, “If you are sending the ark of the God of Israel away, you must not send it away empty, but by all means return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will become known to you why his hand is not turned aside from you.”

BBE And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.

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JPS And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.'

ASV And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

DRA If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty, but render unto him what you owe for sin, and then you shall be healed: and you shall know why his hand departeth not from you.

YLT And they say, 'If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.'

DBY And they said, If ye send away the ark of the [fn]God of Israel, send it not empty; ye must at any rate return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

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RV And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a guilt offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

WBS And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass-offering: then ye will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

KJB And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
  (And they said, If ye/you_all send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye/you_all shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. )

BB They sayde: If you send away the arke of the God of Israel, send it not emptie: but rewarde it with sinne offeryng, and then ye shall be whole, and it shall be knowen to you, why his hand departeth not from you.
  (They said: If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not emptie: but reward it with sin offeryng, and then ye/you_all shall be whole, and it shall be known to you, why his hand departeth not from you.)

GNV And they sayd, If you send away the Arke of the God of Israel, send it not away emptie, but giue vnto it a sinne offering: then shall ye be healed, and it shall be knowen to you, why his hand departeth not from you.
  (And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty, but give unto it a sin offering: then shall ye/you_all be healed, and it shall be known to you, why his hand departeth not from you. )

CB They sayde: Yf ye wyll sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel, sende it not awaye emptye, but geue a trespace offerynge: so shal ye be made whole, and ye shal knowe, why his hande departeth not from you.
  (They said: If ye/you_all will send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away emptye, but give a trespace offering: so shall ye/you_all be made whole, and ye/you_all shall know, why his hand departeth not from you.)

WYC Whiche seiden, If ye senden ayen the arke of God of Israel, nyle ye delyuere it voide, but yelde ye to hym that, that ye owen for synne; and thanne ye schulen be heelid, and ye schulen wite, whi `his hond goith not awei fro you.
  (Which said, If ye/you_all senden ayen the ark of God of Israel, nyle ye/you_all delyuere it void, but yelde ye/you_all to him that, that ye/you_all owen for synne; and then ye/you_all should be healed, and ye/you_all should wite, why `his hand goeth/goes not away from you.)

LUT Sie sprachen: Wollt ihr die Lade des Gottes Israels senden, so sendet sie nicht leer, sondern sollt ihr vergelten ein Schuldopfer, so werdet ihr gesund werden und wird euch kund werden, warum seine Hand nicht von euch läßt.
  (They/She said: Wollt her the Lade the God’s Israels senden, so sendet they/she/them not empty, rather sollt her vergelten a Schuldopfer, so becomet her healed become and becomes you kund become, warum his Hand not from you läßt.)

CLV Si remittitis arcam Dei Israël, nolite dimittere eam vacuam, sed quod debetis, reddite ei pro peccato, et tunc curabimini: et scietis quare non recedat manus ejus a vobis.
  (When/But_if remittitis arcam Dei Israël, nolite to_release her vacuam, but that debetis, reddite to_him pro peccato, and tunc curabimini: and scietis quare not/no recedat manus his a vobis. )

BRN And they said, If ye send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall ye be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be thus stayed from off you?

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν, εἰ ἐξαποστέλλετε ὑμεῖς τὴν κιβωτὸν διαθήκης Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ, μὴ δὴ ἐξαποστείλητε αὐτὴν κενήν, ἀλλὰ ἀποδιδόντες ἀπόδοτε αὐτῇ τῆς βασάνου, καὶ τότε ἰαθήσεσθε, καὶ ἐξιλασθήσεται ὑμῖν· μὴ οὐκ ἀποστῇ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν;
  (Kai eipan, ei exapostellete humeis taʸn kibōton diathaʸkaʸs Kuriou Theou Israaʸl, maʸ daʸ exaposteilaʸte autaʸn kenaʸn, alla apodidontes apodote autaʸ taʸs basanou, kai tote iathaʸsesthe, kai exilasthaʸsetai humin; maʸ ouk apostaʸ haʸ ⱪeir autou afʼ humōn? )