Logos Bible Study

1 Chronicles 21:15

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

21:15God sent an angel22 to ravage23 Jerusalem. As he was doing so,24 the Lord watched25 and relented from26 his judgment.27 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough!28 Stop now!”29

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan30 the Jebusite.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 22 The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16–17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.
  2. 23 Or “destroy.”
  3. 24 Heb “while he was destroying.”
  4. 25 Or “saw.”
  5. 26 Or “was grieved because of.”
  6. 27 Heb “concerning the calamity.”
  7. 28 For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see 913 1.f.
  8. 29 Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
  9. 30 In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18–28.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when the angel was about to destroy the city, the Lord looked, relented concerning the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he was about to destroy it, Yahweh saw and was grieved on account of the calamity. Then he said to the angel, the destroyer, “It is enough; slacken your hand.” And the angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Public Domain