2 Samuel 6:9
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever 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?”

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?"

Contemporary English Version
David was afraid of the LORD and thought, "Should I really take the sacred chest to my city?"

Good News Translation
Then David was afraid of the LORD and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?"

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.

International Standard Version
But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, "How can the Ark of God 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?"
Classic Translations
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?”

King James 2000 Bible
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

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,

World English Bible
David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

American King James Version
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD 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?

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

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

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?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and sayd, How shall the Arke of the Lorde come to mee?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Dauid was then afraide of the Lorde, and sayd: Howe shall the arke of the Lord come to me?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie, and sayde: How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and David fears YHWH on that day and says, “How does the Ark of YHWH 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?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And David was afraid of Jehovah in that day, and he will say, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And David was very fearful of the Lord on that day, saying, “How shall the ark of the Lord be brought to me?”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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?”

Lamsa Bible
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, How shall I bring in the ark of the LORD to me?

OT Translations
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?'

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
















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