2 Samuel 24:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.”

2 Samuel 24:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Samuel 24:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Samuel 24:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.”

2 Samuel 24:20 — World English Bible

2 Samuel 24:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. ”

2 Samuel 24:20 — American Standard Version

2 Samuel 24:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king--his face to the earth.”

2 Samuel 24:20 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 24:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. ”

2 Samuel 24:20 — Darby Translation

2 Samuel 24:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Araunah looked, and sawe the King and his seruants comming towarde him, and Araunah went out, and bowed himselfe before the King on his face to the ground,”

2 Samuel 24:20 — Geneva Bible

2 Samuel 24:20 in Context — 2 Samuel 24

18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

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What Does 2 Samuel 24:20 Mean?

2 Samuel 24:20 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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