2 Samuel 24:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Samuel 24:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 24:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 24:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.””
2 Samuel 24:21 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 24:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. ”
2 Samuel 24:21 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 24:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Araunah saith, `Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?' and David saith, `To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.'”
2 Samuel 24:21 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 24:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. ”
2 Samuel 24:21 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 24:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the King come to his seruant? Then Dauid answered, To bye the threshing floore of thee for to builde an altar vnto the Lord, that the plague may cease from the people.”
2 Samuel 24:21 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 24:21 in Context — 2 Samuel 24
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.
23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
What Does 2 Samuel 24:21 Mean?
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