1 Chronicles 21:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹא־יָכֹ֥ל דָּוִ֛יד לָלֶ֥כֶת לְפָנָ֖יו לִדְרֹ֣שׁ אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י נִבְעַ֔ת מִפְּנֵ֕י חֶ֖רֶב מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ-yākōl Dāwid lāleket lə-pānāyw li-drōš ʾĕlōhîm kî nibʿat mi-ppənê ḥereb malʾak YHWH

Grammar Details

*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yākōl*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he was able
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*lāleket*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go
*lə-pānāyw*: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - before it
*li-drōš*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to inquire of/seek
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun common masculine plural - God
*kî*: conjunction - because
*nibʿat*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he was terrified
*mi-ppənê*: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct - from before
*ḥereb*: noun common feminine singular construct - sword of
*malʾak*: noun common masculine singular construct - angel/messenger of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

*yākōl*: was able, could, had power
*lāleket*: to go, walk, proceed
*pānāyw*: before it, in its presence
*li-drōš*: to seek, inquire of, consult
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God, gods, divine being(s)
*nibʿat*: was terrified, frightened, dismayed
*ḥereb*: sword, knife, cutting instrument
*malʾak*: messenger, angel, representative

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Referenced Verses

Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
2 Sam 6:9 : 9 And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?
1 Chr 13:12 : 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
1 Chr 21:16 : 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Job 23:15 : 15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?
Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby {G1223} we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear, {G4571} O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 21:15-22
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15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
18Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.
20And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
22Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 Chr 13:12-13
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12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2 Sam 6:9-10
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9And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?
10So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
1 Chr 21:27-29
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27And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
1 Sam 21:8-10
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8And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
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1 Sam 23:2-4
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2Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
1 Sam 21:1
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1 Sam 18:12
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1 Sam 17:39
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2 Sam 1:14
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14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?
2 Sam 5:23
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23And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
1 Sam 14:37
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37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Chr 14:10
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10And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.
2 Sam 24:16-19
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16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
19And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.
1 Chr 14:14
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14And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
1 Chr 10:14
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14and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Sam 29:9
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9And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
1 Sam 21:12
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12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
2 Sam 3:11
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Judg 20:27
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1 Sam 28:5
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5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
1 Chr 14:16-17
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69%
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1 Chr 13:3
69%
3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.
2 Sam 5:19
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19And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
1 Sam 23:10
69%
10Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
2 Sam 24:21
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21And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 Sam 17:41
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41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
1 Sam 17:32-33
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1 Chr 22:1
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1 Sam 17:45
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