2 Samuel 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen lurched.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And when they came to Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled and shook it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

Common English Bible

⁶ When they approached Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to God’s chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And after they had arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah extended his hand to the ark of God, and he touched it, because the oxen were kicking and had caused it to tip.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And when they came to the floor of Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: because the oxen kicked and made it lean aside.

2 Samuel 6:6 Cross References

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.

1 Chronicles 13:9

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen lurched.

Numbers 4:15

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the Kohathites shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the Kohathites are to carry.

Numbers 4:18

“You must not let the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites.