Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. New Living Translation When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. English Standard Version And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. Berean Standard Bible When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. King James Bible And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. New King James Version Now Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. New American Standard Bible And Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; so Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. NASB 1995 Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. NASB 1977 And Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. Legacy Standard Bible And Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. Amplified Bible Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and he went out and bowed before the king with his face toward the ground. Christian Standard Bible Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, so he went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. Holman Christian Standard Bible Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, so he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground. American Standard Version And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Aran the Yebusite turned and he saw King David and his Servants as they passed on the road, and Aran fell and he worshiped on his face on the ground before King David Brenton Septuagint Translation And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth. Contemporary English Version Araunah looked and saw David and his soldiers coming up toward him. He went over to David, bowed down low, Douay-Rheims Bible And Areuna looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him: English Revised Version And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his men coming toward him, he went out and bowed down with his face touching the ground in front of the king. Good News Translation Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming up to him. He threw himself on the ground in front of David International Standard Version When Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his staff approaching him. Araunah went out, bowed down before the king with his face on the ground, JPS Tanakh 1917 And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went out, and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. Literal Standard Version And Araunah looks, and sees the king and his servants passing over to him, and Araunah goes out and bows himself to the king [with] his face to the earth. Majority Standard Bible When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. New American Bible Now Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him while he was threshing wheat. So he went out and bowed down before the king, his face to the ground. NET Bible When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground. New Revised Standard Version When Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming toward him; and Araunah went out and prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. New Heart English Bible And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him, so Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. Webster's Bible Translation And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him: And Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. World English Bible Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. Young's Literal Translation And Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king -- his face to the earth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Builds an Altar…19So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. 20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. 21“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”… Cross References 2 Samuel 24:19 So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. 2 Samuel 24:21 "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" Araunah said. "To buy your threshing floor," David replied, "that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted." Treasury of Scripture And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face on the ground. bowed 2 Samuel 9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? Genesis 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? Jump to Previous Araunah Arau'nah Bowed Boweth Crossing Earth Face Forth Ground Obeisance Passing Servants TowardsJump to Next Araunah Arau'nah Bowed Boweth Crossing Earth Face Forth Ground Obeisance Passing Servants Towards2 Samuel 24 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men 10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence 15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stops (20) Saw the king.--Not the angel, as in Chronicles, the words in Hebrew being much alike.Verse 20. - Araunah... saw the king. In 1 Chronicles 21:20, "saw the angel;" but the text there is apparently corrupt, the difference, moreover, in Hebrew between "king" and "angel" being very slight. The addition there of the story of Araunah's four sons hiding themselves is very lifelike and natural. For these remnants of the aborigines, though tolerated, yet held a very insecure position, as we have seen in the dealings of Saul with the Gibeonites; and the coming of the king with his retinue to the out of the way spot where Araunah was at work, no doubt filled them all with terror. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When Araunahאֲרַ֗וְנָה (’ă·raw·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 728: Araunah -- a Jebusite looked out וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף (way·yaš·qêp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8259: To overhang, look out or down and saw וַיַּ֤רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see the king הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king and his servants עֲבָדָ֔יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant coming עֹבְרִ֖ים (‘ō·ḇə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on toward him, עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against he אֲרַ֔וְנָה (’ă·raw·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 728: Araunah -- a Jebusite went out וַיֵּצֵ֣א (way·yê·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim and bowed וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (way·yiš·ta·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate facedown אַפָּ֖יו (’ap·pāw) Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire before the king. לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Links 2 Samuel 24:20 NIV2 Samuel 24:20 NLT 2 Samuel 24:20 ESV 2 Samuel 24:20 NASB 2 Samuel 24:20 KJV 2 Samuel 24:20 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 24:20 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 24:20 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 24:20 French Bible 2 Samuel 24:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 24:20 Araunah looked forth and saw the king (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |