2 Samuel 6:21
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
KJV
Dixitque David ad Michol : Ante Dominum, qui elegit me potius quam patrem tuum et quam omnem domum ejus, et præcepit mihi ut essem dux super populum Domini in Israël,
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ πρὸς Μελχόλ Ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ὀρχήσομαι· εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὃς ἐξελέξατό με ὑπὲρ τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, καταστῆσαί με εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ παίξομαι καὶ ὀρχήσομαι ἐνώπιον Κυρίου,
LXX
And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִד֮ אֶל מִיכַל֒ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּֽחַר בִּ֤/י מֵֽ/אָבִי/ךְ֙ וּ/מִ/כָּל בֵּית֔/וֹ לְ/צַוֺּ֨ת אֹתִ֥/י נָגִ֛יד עַל עַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/שִׂחַקְתִּ֖י לִ/פְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 17:7 — Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel
- 1Cor 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1Sam 13:14 — But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LOR
- 1Sam 15:28 — And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
- 1Sam 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo
- 2Sam 6:5 — And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
- 2Sam 6:14 — And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
- 2Sam 6:16 — And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2Sam 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
- Acts 7:46 — Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
- Acts 13:22 — And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfi
- Judg 21:21 — And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benj
- Ps 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Ps 78:70 — He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
- Ps 89:19 — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.