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2 Samuel 24:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 21 A·rauʹnah asked: “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied: “To buy from you the threshing floor in order to build an altar to Jehovah, so that the scourge against the people may be halted.”+

2 Samuel 24:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 21 A·rauʹnah asked: “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied: “To buy from you the threshing floor in order to build an altar to Jehovah, so that the scourge against the people may be halted.”+

2 Samuel 24:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 Then A·rauʹnah said: “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” At that David said: “To buy+ from you the threshing floor for building an altar to Jehovah, that the scourge+ may be halted from upon the people.”

2 Samuel 24:21

The Bible in Living English
- 21 And Ornah said “How is it your majesty comes to your servant?” and David said “To buy the threshing-floor from you, to build an altar to Jehovah and have the deaths among the people shut off.”

2 Samuel 24:21

The Emphasized Bible
- 21 Then said Araunah, Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant? And David said—To buy of thee the threshing-floor to build an altar unto Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.

2 Samuel 24:21

King James Version
- 21 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.