2 Samuel 24:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 24:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲרַ֔וְנָה
ʼĂravnâh
H728
Araunah
מַדּ֛וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
בָּ֥א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֲדֹנִֽי
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עַבְדּ֑וֹ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
דָּוִ֜ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
לִקְנ֧וֹת
qânâh
H7069
to acquire
מֵעִמְּךָ֣
ʻim
H5973
with
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַגֹּ֗רֶן
gôren
H1637
threshing floor
לִבְנ֤וֹת
bânâh
H1129
to build
מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙
mizbêach
H4196
altar
לַֽיהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וְתֵעָצַ֥ר
ʻâtsâr
H6113
to restrain
הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה
maggêphâh
H4046
plague
מֵעַ֥ל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָעָֽם
ʻam
H5971
people
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy from you the threshing floor to build an altar for Yahweh, that the plague may be restrained from against the people.”
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