1 Chronicles 21:30
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.In other versions
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
ASV
But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
BBE
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
DBY
But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
WEB
and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.
YLT
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
ENG
But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
WBT
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
BSB
In context
28At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- David