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1 Chronicles 13:12

David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home with me?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kirjath-Jearim, or Kirjath-Baal;   Uzzah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mirror;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Ark of the Covenant;   David;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David feared God that day and said, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
Hebrew Names Version
David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
King James Version
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
English Standard Version
And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"
New Century Version
David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I bring the Ark of God home to me?"
New English Translation
David was afraid of God that day and said, "How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?"
New American Standard Bible
David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"
World English Bible
David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?
Legacy Standard Bible
So David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God back to me?"
Berean Standard Bible
That day David feared God and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"
Contemporary English Version
David was afraid what the Lord might do to him, and he asked himself, "Should I really be the one to take care of the sacred chest?"
Complete Jewish Bible
That day, God frightened David; he asked, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"
Darby Translation
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?
Easy-to-Read Version
That day David began to fear what God might do to him. So he said, "Should I really be the one in charge of God's Holy Box?"
George Lamsa Translation
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, saying. How can I bring the ark of God home to me?
Good News Translation
Then David was afraid of God and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?"
Lexham English Bible
And David feared God on that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"
Literal Translation
And David feared God on that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid stode in feare of God the same daye, & sayde: How shal I brynge ye Arke of God vnto me?
American Standard Version
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
Bible in Basic English
And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid was afrayde of God that day, saying: how shall I bring the arke of God home to me?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David was afraid of God that day, saying: 'How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?'
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid was afraide of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the Arke of God home to me?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?
English Revised Version
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid dredde the Lord in that tyme, and seide, How may Y brynge in to me the arke of the Lord?
Update Bible Version
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
Webster's Bible Translation
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me?
New King James Version
David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"
New Living Translation
David was now afraid of God, and he asked, "How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?"
New Life Bible
David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the special box of God home to me?"
New Revised Standard
David was afraid of God that day; he said, "How can I bring the ark of God into my care?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David was afraid of God, on that day, saying, - How can I bring unto me, the ark of God?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?
Revised Standard Version
And David was afraid of God that day; and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"
Young's Literal Translation
And David feareth God on that day, saying, `How do I bring in unto me the ark of God?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"

Contextual Overview

9When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold and steady the ark, for the oxen [that were drawing the cart] nearly overturned it. 10The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he touched the ark; and there he died before God. 11David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzza; so that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 12David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home with me?"13So David did not bring the ark with him to the City of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14So the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he had.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

afraid of God: Numbers 17:12, Numbers 17:13, 1 Samuel 5:10, 1 Samuel 5:11, 1 Samuel 6:20, Psalms 119:120, Isaiah 6:5, Luke 5:8, Luke 5:9

How: 1 Kings 8:27, Job 25:5, Job 25:6, Matthew 25:24

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:8 - displeased 2 Samuel 6:9 - How shall 1 Chronicles 15:25 - with joy 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid Mark 5:15 - and they Acts 5:5 - great

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was strife and quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that same time [making grazing of the livestock difficult].
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife and disagreement between you and me, nor between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, because we are relatives.
Genesis 14:12
And they also took [captive] Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and left, for he was living in Sodom.
Genesis 19:1
It was evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom's [city] gate. Seeing them, Lot got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 19:25
and He overthrew (demolished, ended) those cities, and the entire valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.
Genesis 19:29
Now when God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He remembered Abraham [and for that reason], and He sent [Abraham's nephew] Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
Psalms 26:5
I hate the company of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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