1 Kings 6:20
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?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixerunt viri Bethsamitæ : Quis poterit stare in conspectu Domini Dei sancti hujus ? et ad quem ascendet a nobis ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἐκ Βαιθσάμυς Τίς δυνήσεται διελθεῖν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἁγίου τούτου; καὶ πρὸς τίνα ἀναβήσηται κιβωτὸς Κυρίου ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵֽית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ מִ֚י יוּכַ֣ל לַעֲמֹ֔ד לִפְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְאֶל מִ֖י יַעֲלֶ֥ה מֵעָלֵֽינוּ
Haydock's commentary
Us. These words may denote that they thought God too severe, or else, that they judged themselves unworthy of his presence. There is no proportion between an offence of God, and what the creature can do to make him satisfaction. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.