KJV King James Version
And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
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2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
WEB World English Bible
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
ASV American Standard Version
And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 6
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13 And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14 And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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.
17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.Psalm 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Psalm 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;1 Samuel 2:28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Exodus 19:6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.Luke 15:25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.1 Chronicles 15:27And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.Judges 21:21And 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 Benjamin.
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