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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

American Standard Version
- 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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.