2 Samuel 6:10 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And David hath not been willing to turn aside unto himself the ark of Jehovah, to the city of David, and David turneth it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite,

English ASV

So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English Amplified

So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to him into the City of David; but he took it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to him into the City of David; but he took it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So he was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So he was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

So David would not bring the ark of Jehovah home unto himself into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

English EASY 2024

He no longer wanted to take the Lord 's Covenant Box to the City of David to be with him there. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who came from Gath.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So David would not move the Lord's Holy Box into the City of David. He put the Holy Box at the house of Obed Edom from Gath.

So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David. But David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem; instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath.

English God's Word - GW 1995

So David wouldn't bring the ark of the Lord with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So he was not willing to move the ark of the LORD to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English KJV 1611

So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

English LSB

And David was unwilling to move the ark of Yahweh into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So David did not allow the ark of the Lord to be brought to him in the City of David. Instead, David redirected it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And David was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So David would not have the ark of the LORD brought to him in the City of David, but diverted it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He didn't want to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom. Obed-Edom was from Gath.

English NIV

He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

English NKJ 1982

So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

English NLT

So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. He took it instead to the home of Obed-edom of Gath.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So David was unwilling to take the ark of the LORD into his care in the city of David; instead David took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So he decided against taking it into the City of David, but carried it instead to the home of Obed-edom, who had come from Gath.

English Tyndale 1537

And so David would not bring the Ark of the LORD with him into the city of David. But carried it into the house of Obed Edom a Gethite.