Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” New Living Translation David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?” English Standard Version And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” Berean Standard Bible That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” King James Bible And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? New King James Version David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” New American Standard Bible So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” NASB 1995 So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” NASB 1977 So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” Legacy Standard Bible So David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?” Amplified Bible So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” Christian Standard Bible David feared the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible David feared the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” American Standard Version And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And David was afraid on that day of the presence of LORD JEHOVAH, and he said: “How shall I bring the ark of LORD JEHOVAH to me?” Brenton Septuagint Translation And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me? Contemporary English Version David was afraid of the LORD and thought, "Should I really take the sacred chest to my city?" Douay-Rheims Bible And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me? English Revised Version And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, How shall the ark of the LORD come unto me? GOD'S WORD® Translation David was afraid of the LORD that day. "How can the ark of the LORD come to my [city]?" he asked. Good News Translation Then David was afraid of the LORD and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?" International Standard Version But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, "How can the Ark of God come to me?" JPS Tanakh 1917 And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said: 'How shall the ark of the LORD come unto me?' Literal Standard Version and David fears YHWH on that day and says, “How does the Ark of YHWH come to me?” Majority Standard Bible That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” New American Bible David became frightened of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” NET Bible David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" New Revised Standard Version David was afraid of the LORD that day; he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come into my care?” New Heart English Bible And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of God come to me?" Now the ark of the LORD arrived, Webster's Bible Translation And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? World English Bible David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?” Young's Literal Translation and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, 'How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Uzzah Touches the Ark…8Then 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. 9That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” 10So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.… Cross References Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees. "Go away from me, Lord," he said, "for I am a sinful man." 1 Samuel 6:20 The 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?" 2 Samuel 6:8 Then 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. Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments. Treasury of Scripture And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? afraid Numbers 17:12,13 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish… 1 Samuel 5:10,11 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people… 1 Samuel 6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? How shall 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? 1 Chronicles 13:11,12 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day… Job 25:5,6 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight… Jump to Previous Afraid Ark David David's Fear FearethJump to Next Afraid Ark David David's Fear Feareth2 Samuel 6 1. David fetches the ark from Kirjath Jearim on a new cart,6. Uzzah is smitten at Perez Uzzah 9. God blesses Obed-Edom for the ark 12. David brings the ark into Zion with sacrifices, and dances before it; 16. for which Michal despises him 17. He places it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting 20. Michal, reproving David for his joy, is childless to her death (9) David was afraid.--The immediate effect of the judgment was to produce in David, and doubtless in all the people, that awe of the majesty of God in which they had shown themselves deficient. If this was at first excessive, it was soon moderated.Verse 9. - David was afraid. This was his next feeling. Neither he nor Uzzah had offended wilfully, and so severe a punishment for an "error" made him dread the presence of so dangerous a thing as the ark seemed to be. Instead, therefore, of taking it into "the city of David," he turns aside and leaves it in the house of the nearest Levite. In both his anger and his dread David manifests himself to us as one whose ideas about God were somewhat childish. He regards Jehovah as a powerful and capricious Being, who must be appeased. He had attained to juster views in Psalm 16. and other such trustful hymns. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thatהַה֑וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day David דָוִ֛ד (ḏā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse feared וַיִּרָ֥א (way·yi·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and asked, וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “How אֵ֛יךְ (’êḵ) Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where can the ark אֲר֥וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 727: A chest, ark of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel ever come יָב֥וֹא (yā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to me?” אֵלַ֖י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links 2 Samuel 6:9 NIV2 Samuel 6:9 NLT 2 Samuel 6:9 ESV 2 Samuel 6:9 NASB 2 Samuel 6:9 KJV 2 Samuel 6:9 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 6:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 6:9 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 6:9 French Bible 2 Samuel 6:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 6:9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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