1 Samuel 6:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Then the people of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom shall he go so that we may be rid of him?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go away from us?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And 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?

Common English Bible

²⁰ The people of Beth-shemesh said, “Who can stand before the LORD, this holy God? Where can he go that is away from us here?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And the men of Beth-shemesh said: "Who will be able to stand in the sight of the Lord, this holy God? And who will ascend to him from us?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And 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?

1 Samuel 6:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:7

The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there, and he died there beside the ark of God.

2 Samuel 6:9

David was afraid of the Lord that day; he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come into my care?”

Psalm 76:7

But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when your anger is roused?

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God; sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming creature that moves on the earth.

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

Luke 8:37

Then the whole throng of people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

1 Samuel 5:7

And when the inhabitants of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is heavy on us and on our god Dagon.”