1 Samuel 6:20

Translations

Modern

The 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?”

Traditional

And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Literal

And the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the face of YHWH, this holy God? And to whom shall it go up from us?”

Latin

Et dixerunt viri Bethsamitæ: Quis poterit stare in conspectu Domini Dei sancti hujus? et ad quem ascendet a nobis?

Original

Hebrew

English

The 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?”

Notes

1 Samuel 6:20

Who can stand: Even God's people faced his wrath when they disrespected his holiness. The wrath of God is God's strong disapproval of human beings and their sinful actions.
To whom should the ark go up from here?: When confronted with God's holiness, the Israelites felt the same distress as the pagan Philistines (1 Samuel 6:2).

Theme notes and profiles

The Ark of the Covenant

Related verses

2 Samuel 6:9
That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
Leviticus 11:45
For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
Numbers 17:12–13
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
Psalm 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
Luke 8:37
Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
2 Samuel 6:7
And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
1 Samuel 5:8–12
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
Luke 5:8
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
1 Chronicles 13:11–13
Then 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.

Places

Beth-shemesh: City in Judah, associated with the Ark's return

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Ashkelon Philistia, Philistines Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Tumor

Topics

God: Holiness of Kirjath-Jearim: The Philistines Bring the Ark of the Covenant To Miracles: Catalogue of The Destruction of the People of Beth-Shemesh

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