1 Chronicles 21:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

David said to Ornan, "Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the LORD on it. Sell it to me at the full price, so the plague on the people may be stopped."

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar there to the LORD; you shall grant it to me for the full price: that the plague may be stopped from the people.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then David{H1732} said{H559} to Ornan,{H771} Give{H5414} me the place{H4725} of this threshing-floor,{H1637} that I may build{H1129} thereon an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah:{H3068} for the full{H4392} price{H3701} shalt thou give{H5414} it me, that the plague{H4046} may be stayed{H6113} from the people.{H5971}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Ornan{H771}, Grant{H5414}{(H8798)} me the place{H4725} of this threshingfloor{H1637}, that I may build{H1129}{(H8799)} an altar{H4196} therein unto the LORD{H3068}: thou shalt grant{H5414}{(H8798)} it me for the full{H4392} price{H3701}: that the plague{H4046} may be stayed{H6113}{(H8735)} from the people{H5971}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan: Geue me rowme in the barne, to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin: for ye full money shalt thou geue it me, that the plage maye ceasse from the people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Dauid saide to Ornan, Giue me the place of thy thresshing floore, that I may builde an altar therein vnto the Lorde: giue it me for sufficient money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid sayde to Ornan: Geue me the place of the threshing floore, that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord: Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth, that the plague may ceasse from the people.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh: for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And David saith unto Ornan, `Give to me the place of the threshing-floor, and I build in it an altar to Jehovah; for full silver give it to me, and the plague is restrained from the people.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    David said to Ornan,“Sell me the threshing floor so I can build on it an altar for the LORD– I’ll pay top price– so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 25:8 : 8 followed the Israelite man into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—the Israelite man and the woman—into her belly. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped.
  • 2 Sam 24:21 : 21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David replied, "To buy your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord, and the plague may be stopped from affecting the people."
  • 1 Kgs 21:2 : 2 Ahab said to Naboth, 'Give me your vineyard so I can use it as a vegetable garden, because it is close to my house. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard, or if you prefer, I will pay you its worth in silver.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 24:20-25
    6 verses
    89%

    20 When Araunah saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

    21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David replied, "To buy your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord, and the plague may be stopped from affecting the people."

    22 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

    23 Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king." Araunah also said to the king, "May the Lord your God accept you."

    24 But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

    25 David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the Lord answered prayer on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

  • 1 Chr 21:23-30
    8 verses
    85%

    23 Ornan replied to David, "Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I give it all."

    24 But King David said to Ornan, "No! I insist on paying the full price in silver. I will not take what is yours for the LORD or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

    25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.

    26 There David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the burnt offering.

    27 Then the LORD commanded the angel to put his sword back into its sheath.

    28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

    29 The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.

    30 But David could not go before it to seek God because he was terrified of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 21:15-21
    7 verses
    84%

    15 God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as the angel was about to destroy, the LORD saw, relented of the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "Enough! Withdraw your hand now." The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    16 David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

    17 David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, let Your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on Your people."

    18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

    20 When Ornan turned and saw the angel, he and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.

    21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He went out from the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

    2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 2 Sam 24:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was striking the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    17 When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, "I alone have sinned; I, the shepherd, have acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand fall upon me and my family."

    18 That day, Gad came to David and said to him, "Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    73%

    2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

  • Josh 22:23
    72%

    23 If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • 2 Sam 21:3
    71%

    3 David asked the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you may bless the Lord’s inheritance?"

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    69%

    1 Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    69%

    17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • Ps 51:19
    69%

    19 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

  • Josh 22:26
    69%

    26 That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    69%

    1 David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Sam 23:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Then they reported to David, saying, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors."

    2 So David asked the LORD, saying, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" The LORD answered David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    69%

    7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • Exod 20:24
    69%

    24 Make an altar of earth for Me, and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

  • 1 Chr 16:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had set up for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

    2 When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 28:22
    69%

    22 And this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of everything you give me, I will surely give a tenth back to you.'

  • 1 Chr 21:10
    68%

    10 "Go and tell David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for Me to carry out against you.’"

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    68%

    21 And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • Josh 22:29
    68%

    29 Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.

  • 2 Sam 24:12
    68%

    12 "Go and tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.'"

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    68%

    10 David said, "LORD, God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city because of me.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    68%

    20 Then David said to the whole assembly, 'Praise the LORD your God.' So the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    68%

    17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    68%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    68%

    8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,