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1 Chronicles 21:30

David
FearGuidance and decisions

28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

29 For 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.

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.
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BSB
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the LORD’s angel.
ASV
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
DARBY
But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
BLB
David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of YHWH.
ÅB
men David torde ikke gå ditt for å søke Gud; så forferdet var han for Herrens engels sverd.
OTB
Men David var ute av stand til å gå foran den for å søke Gud,
fordi han var redd for Herrens engels sverd.
B1930
men David torde ikke gå ditt for å søke Gud; så forferdet var han for Herrens engels sverd.

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  • Hebrews 12:28–29

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • Revelation 1:17

    And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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  • Revelation 15:4

    Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?

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  • 2 Samuel 6:9

    And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

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  • Job 21:6

    Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

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  • Jeremiah 10:7

    Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:12

    And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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