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1 Chronicles 21:20

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
1 Chronicles 21:20 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    ASV

  • And Ornan, turning back, saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him went to a secret place. Now Ornan was crushing his grain.

    BBE

  • And Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    DBY

  • Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    WEB

  • And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons `are' with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.

    YLT

  • And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    ENG

  • And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

    WBT

  • Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

    BSB

In context

18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.

20And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Cross-references

People in this verse

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