1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 30

1 Chronicles 21:30

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.
1 Chronicles 21:30, King James Version

1 Chronicles 21:30 in other translations

BSBbut David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
WEBBut David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the LORD’s angel.
ASVBut David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
YLTand David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.
DARBYBut David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
BBEBut 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.
WebsterBut David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

What does 1 Chronicles 21:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Because of the sword of the angel - This is given as a reason why David built an altar in the threshing-floor of Ornan: he was afraid to go to Gibeon, because of the sword of the destroying angel, or he was afraid of delaying the offerings so long as his going thither would require, lest the destroying angel should in the mean while exterminate the people; therefore he hastily built an altar in that place, and on it made the requisite offerings, and by the fire from heaven God showed that he had accepted his act and his devotion. Such interventions as these must necessarily maintain in the minds of the people a full persuasion of the truth and Divine origin of their religion. For a more circumstantial account of these transactions, see the notes on 2Sam 24:1, Ac., in which several difficulties of the text are removed.

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1 Chronicles 21:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָכֹ֥לya.Kholhe was ableH3201
דָּוִ֛ידda.VidDavidH1732
לָלֶ֥כֶתla.Le.khetto goH1980
לְפָנָ֖יוle.fa.Nav<to> before itH6440
לִדְרֹ֣שׁlid.Roshto seekH1875
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
נִבְעַ֔תniv.'Athe was terrifiedH1204
מִפְּנֵ֕יmi.pe.Neiof <the face of>H6440
חֶ֖רֶבChe.rev[the] sword ofH2719
מַלְאַ֥ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:30

  • 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: For our God is a consuming fire.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • Job 21:6

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

  • 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.

  • 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,

  • Psalms 90:11

    Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  • Job 23:15

    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:12

    And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he was afraid.
16; 13:12; De 10:12; 2Sa 6:9; Job 13:21; 21:6; 23:15; Ps 90:11
Ps 119:120; Jer 5:22; 10:7; Heb 12:28,29; Re 1:17; 15:4

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:29

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:30

    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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1 Chronicles 21:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el tabernáculo de Jehová que Moisés había hecho en el desierto, y el altar del holocausto, estaban entonces en el alto de Gabaón: Mas David no pudo ir allá á consultar á Dios, porque estaba espantado á causa de la espada del ángel de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et David ne put point aller devant cet autel pour rechercher Dieu, car il était épouvanté à cause de l’épée de l’ange de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber David vermochte nicht vor denselben hinzugehen, um Gott zu suchen; denn er war erschrocken vor dem Schwerte des Engels Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et non prævaluit David ire ad altare ut ibi obsecraret Deum: nimio enim fuerat in timore perterritus, videns gladium angeli Domini.