1 Samuel 6:20 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 6:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַנְשֵׁ֣י
ʼîysh
H376
man
בֵֽית
Bêyth Shemesh
H1053
Beth-shemesh
שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ
Bêyth Shemesh
H1053
Beth-shemesh
מִ֚י
mîy
H4310
who
יוּכַ֣ל
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
לַעֲמֹ֔ד
ʻâmad
H5975
to stand
לִפְנֵ֨י
pânîym
H6440
face
יְהוָ֧ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ
qâdôwsh
H6918
holy
הַזֶּ֑ה
zeh
H2088
this
וְאֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מִ֖י
mîy
H4310
who
יַעֲלֶ֥ה
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵעָלֵֽינוּ
ʻal
H5921
upon
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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King James Version Public Domain
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand to the face of Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom will he go up from upon us?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).