2 Samuel 24:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan the angel stretched his hande ouer Ierusalem to destroye it, the LORDE repented ouer the euell, and sayde vnto the angell: It is ynough, holde now thy hande. The angell of the LORDE was besyde the barne of Arafna the Iebusite.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when the Angel stretched out his hande vpon Ierusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the euil, and said to the Angel that destroyed the people, It is sufficient, holde nowe thine hand; the Angel of the Lorde was by the threshing place of Araunah the Iebusite.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the angel stretched out his hand vpon Hierusalem to destroy it, the Lorde repented him of the euill, & saide to the angel that destroyed the people: It is now sufficient, holde thyne hand. And the angell of the Lord was by the threshing place of Areuna the Iebusite.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people,“That’s enough! Stop now!”(Now the LORD’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:6 : 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  • Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It grieves Me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night.
  • Joel 2:13-14 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil. 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 And it happened that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
  • 2 Chr 3:1 : 1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  • 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame on his face to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, his own sons killed him with the sword there.
  • Ps 35:6 : 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
  • Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.
  • Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.
  • Ps 135:14 : 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will have compassion on his servants.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shoots forth, You will debate with it: He restrains His rough wind in the day of the east wind.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak kindly to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
  • Jer 18:7-9 : 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them. 9 And at any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 If it does evil in my sight, so that it does not obey my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
  • Exod 32:14 : 14 So the LORD relented from the evil which He thought to do to His people.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Judg 1:21 : 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Judg 19:11 : 11 When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, "Please come, let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it."
  • Gen 10:16 : 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
  • Exod 9:28 : 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
  • Exod 12:13 : 13 And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Chr 21:15-16 : 15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD looked, and relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed, It is enough, stay your hand now. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
  • 2 Cor 2:6 : 6 The punishment inflicted by many is sufficient for such a person.
  • Amos 7:3 : 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.
  • Amos 7:6 : 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 O LORD, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
  • Zech 9:7 : 7 I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he who remains, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite.
  • Mark 14:41 : 41 And he came the third time and said to them, Sleep now and take your rest; it is enough, the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  • 2 Sam 5:8 : 8 And David said on that day, Whoever gets up through the water shaft and strikes the Jebusites, the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Therefore, they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
  • 2 Sam 24:18 : 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my ancestors.

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  • 1 Chr 21:14-18
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    14So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel: and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

    15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD looked, and relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed, It is enough, stay your hand now. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    16And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

    17And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is I who have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be afflicted.

    18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 24:17-18
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    17And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, be against me, and against my father's house.

    18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 1 Chr 21:27-28
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    27And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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    12Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation these seventy years?

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

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    22And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good to him: behold, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

  • 1 Chr 21:20-22
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    20And Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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

    22Then 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.

  • 2 Sam 24:14-15
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    14And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man.

    15So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Sam 24:25
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    25And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stopped from Israel.

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    14So the LORD relented from the evil which He thought to do to His people.

  • Amos 7:3
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    3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.

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    30But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

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    6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.

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    24But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side and a wall on that side.

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    10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him, because he put his hand on the ark, and there he died before God.

    11And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: therefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

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    10And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beg You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-7
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    6And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.

    7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and there he died by the ark of God.

  • 2 Chr 32:21
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    21And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame on his face to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, his own sons killed him with the sword there.

  • Ezek 9:4
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    4And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.

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    4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept.

  • Ezek 9:8
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    8And it happened, while they were killing them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in your pouring out of your fury upon Jerusalem?

  • Jer 26:13
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    13Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

  • Num 22:32
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    32And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Look, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me:

  • Judg 6:21-22
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    67%

    21Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

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    15And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction.

  • 1 Chr 21:12
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  • Gen 6:6-7
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    6And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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