20The men of Beth Shemesh said, |Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?|


In Context

17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

20 The men of Beth Shemesh said, |Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?|

21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, |The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down, and bring it up to yourselves.|

1 Samuel 6:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:20and 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?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:20And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?