2 Samuel 6:9

In 11 translations

BSB

That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

KJV

And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

WEB

David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”

ASV

And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?

LSV

and David fears YHWH on that day and says, “How does the Ark of YHWH come to me?”

YLT

and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, 'How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'

DBY

And David was afraid of Jehovah that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?

DRC

And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

GNV

Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and sayd, How shall the Arke of the Lord come to mee?

JPS

And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said: 'How shall the ark of the LORD come unto me?'

LXXE

And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me?

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WLC

וַיִּרָ֥א דָוִ֛ד אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵ֛יךְ יָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֖י אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐφοβήθη Δαυὶδ τὸν Κύριον ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγων, πῶς εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς μὲ ἡ κιβωτὸς Κυρίου;

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• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
• 1 Chronicles 13:11–12Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day. That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
• Numbers 17:12–13Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
• 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
• 1 Samuel 5:10–11So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!” Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of…
• 1 Samuel 6:20The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
• Job 25:5–6If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Luke 5:8–9When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.” For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
• 1 Peter 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

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