1 Chronicles 21:30

But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of Yahweh’s angel.

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WEBBE

But David couldn’t go before it to enquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the LORD’s angel.

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.

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.

BBE

But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 יָכֹל ya·khol he was able H3201 דָּוִיד da·vid David H1732 לָלֶכֶת la·le·khet to go H1980 לְפָנָיו le·fa·nav (to) before it H6440 לִדְרֹשׁ lid·rosh to seek H1875 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 כִּי ki for H3588 נִבְעַת niv·'at he was terrified H1204 מִפְּנֵי mi·pe·nei of (the face of) H6440 חֶרֶב che·rev [the] sword of H2719 מַלְאַךְ mal·'akh [the] angel of H4397 יְהוָה ס yah·weh Yahweh H3068

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David

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Conviction

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.