2 Samuel 6:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?””
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“That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, `How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 6:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- 1 Samuel 5:10So 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!”
- 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?”
- 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 Chronicles 13:11Then 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.
- Job 25:5If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
- Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- 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.”
- Matthew 25:25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- 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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