2 Samuel 6:9 “That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD…”

2 Samuel 6:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark 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?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

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Cross references

“afraid”

Psalm 119:120 1 Samuel 6:20 Isaiah 6:5 1 Peter 3:6 Numbers 17:12 Numbers 17:13

Psalm 119:120 · BSB

My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

1 Samuel 6:20 · BSB

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?”

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then 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.”

1 Peter 3:6 · BSB

just 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.

Numbers 17:12 · BSB

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

Numbers 17:13 · BSB

Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

“How shall”

1 Kings 8:27 1 Chronicles 13:11 1 Chronicles 13:12 Job 25:5 Job 25:6

1 Kings 8:27 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

1 Chronicles 13:11 · BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 13:12 · BSB

That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

Job 25:5 · BSB

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

Job 25:6 · BSB

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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.

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