InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Chr C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29
1 Chr 21 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29
People tagged in the matching LV passage: David · God
Dictionary: David
OET-LV And_not Dāvid he_was_able to_go before_it to_seek god if/because he_was_terrified from_face/in_front_of the_sword_of the_messenger_of YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) David wasn’t able to go there to ask God’s direction because he was terrified of Yahweh’s messenger’s sword.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
Verses 29–30 are background information to explain why David offered this sacrifice at the threshing floor instead of on the altar at the tabernacle.
(Occurrence 0) to ask for God’s direction
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not could Dāvid to=go before,,it to,seek ʼElohīm that/for/because/then/when afraid from=face/in_front_of sword_of messenger_of YHWH )
Alternate translation: [to ask God to tell him what he should do]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not could Dāvid to=go before,,it to,seek ʼElohīm that/for/because/then/when afraid from=face/in_front_of sword_of messenger_of YHWH )
Here “sword” represents being killed by the angel of Yahweh. Alternate translation: [afraid he would be killed by the angel of Yahweh]
OET-LV And_not Dāvid he_was_able to_go before_it to_seek god if/because he_was_terrified from_face/in_front_of the_sword_of the_messenger_of YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) David wasn’t able to go there to ask God’s direction because he was terrified of Yahweh’s messenger’s sword.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.