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1 Chronicles 21:16

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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KJV King James Version

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

When David lifted up 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, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.

Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 21

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

15 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.

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

17 And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.

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וַיִּשָּׂ֨אH5375 · na.sato lift: raise דָוִ֜ידH1732 · da.vidDavid אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵינָ֗יוH5869 · a.yineye וַיַּ֞רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: see אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַלְאַ֤ךְH4397 · ma.le.akhmessenger יְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD עֹמֵ֗דH5975 · a.madto stand: stand בֵּ֤יןH996 · ba.yinbetween הָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planet וּבֵ֣יןH996 · ba.yinbetween הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheaven וְחַרְבּ֤וֹH2719 · che.revsword שְׁלוּפָה֙H8025 · sha.laphto draw בְּיָד֔וֹH3027 · yadhand נְטוּיָ֖הH5186 · na.tahto stretch עַל־H5921 · alupon יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem וַיִּפֹּ֨לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fall דָּוִ֧ידH1732 · da.vidDavid וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛יםH2205 · za.qenold: elder מְכֻסִּ֥יםH3680 · ka.sahto cover בַּשַּׂקִּ֖יםH8242 · saqsackcloth עַל־H5921 · alupon פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before

Cross-references

Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.1 Kings 21:27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?2 Kings 19:1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.Exodus 14:19-20And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:Psalm 35:13-14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.Jonah 3:6-8For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.2 Kings 6:17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.Numbers 22:31Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.Joshua 5:13-14And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, [Art] thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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