1 Samuel 6:20 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 6:20

18 and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 Then ^aHe struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord.¹ He ^bstruck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

The Ark at Kirjath Jearim

20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, ^a“Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall it go up from us?”

21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of ^aKirjath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up with you.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 6:20

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American Standard Version
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Amplified® Bible
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go away from us?

Contemporary English Version
and they started saying, "No other God is like the LORD! Who can go near him and still live? We'll have to send the chest away from here. But where can we send it?"

Darby English Version
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Good News Bible
So the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who can stand before the LORD, this holy God? Where can we send him to get him away from us?"

King James Version
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

New American Standard Bible
The men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

New International Version
and the men of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?"

New King James Version
And the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? And to whom shall it go up from us?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who can stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

Revised Standard Version
Then the men of Beth-she'mesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?"

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, `Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?'

New English Translation
The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark¹ go up from here?”

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