1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 15

1 Chronicles 21:15

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.
1 Chronicles 21:15, King James Version

1 Chronicles 21:15 in other translations

BSBThen God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WEBGod sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” the LORD’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ASVAnd God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
YLTand God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand.' And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
DARBYAnd God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
BBEAnd God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WebsterAnd God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

What does 1 Chronicles 21:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:14-15

14-15. So the Lord ... sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it--The infliction only of the pestilence is here noticed, without any account of its duration or its ravages, while a minute description is given of the visible appearance and menacing attitude of the destroying angel.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 And God sent an angel - Thus the Targum: "And the Word of the Lord sent the angel of death against Jerusalem to destroy it; and he beheld the ashes of the binding of Isaac at the foot of the altar, and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, which he made in the Mount of Worship; and the house of the upper sanctuary, where are the souls of the righteous, and the image of Jacob fixed on the throne of glory; and he turned in his Word from the evil which he designed to do unto them; and he said to the destroying angel, Cease; take Abishai their chief from among them, and cease from smiting the rest of the people. And the angel which was sent from the presence of the Lord stood at the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 21:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים\׀ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
מַלְאָ֥ךְ\׀mal.'Akhan angelH4397
לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮li.ru.sha.Limto JerusalemH3389
לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒le.hash.chi.Tahto destroy itH7843
וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗יתu.khe.hash.Chitand just as was destroying [it]H7843
רָאָ֤הra.'Ahhe sawH7200
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemand he relentedH5162
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְla.mal.'Akhto the angelH4397
הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ha.mash.Chit<the> destroyingH7843
רַ֔בRavenoughH7227
עַתָּ֖ה'a.TahnowH6258
הֶ֣רֶףHe.reflet dropH7503
יָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khahand yourH3027
וּמַלְאַ֤ךְu.mal.'Akhand [the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
עֹמֵ֔ד'o.Med[was] standingH5975
עִם\־'im-nearH5973
גֹּ֖רֶןGo.ren[the] threshing floor ofH1637
אָרְנָ֥ן'a.re.NanOrnanH771
הַיְבוּסִֽי\׃\ \סhay.vu.Sithe JebusiteH2983

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:15

  • Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

  • Exodus 32:14

    And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

  • Mark 14:41

    And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • Matthew 23:37-38

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Jeremiah 26:18

    Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • Judges 2:18

    And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

  • 1 Kings 19:4

    But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  • Judges 10:16

    And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 18:7-10

    At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

  • Psalms 90:13

    Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

  • Jeremiah 7:12

    But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
unto Jerusalem.
2Sa 24:16; Jer 7:12; 26:9,18; Mt 23:37,38
repented him.
Ge 6:6; Ex 32:14; Jud 2:18; 10:16; Ps 78:38; Jer 18:7-10; Jon 4:2
It is enough.
Ex 9:28; 1Ki 19:4; Ps 90:13; Mr 14:41
Ornan.
2Sa 24:18
Araunah.
2Ch 3:1

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:14

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

  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    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.

  • 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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1 Chronicles 21:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y envió Jehová el ángel á Jerusalem para destruirla: pero estando él destruyendo, miró Jehová, y arrepintióse de aquel mal,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Dieu envoya un ange à Jérusalem pour la détruire; et comme il détruisait, l’ Éternel le vit et se repentit de ce mal, et dit à l’ange qui détruisait: Assez! Retire maintenant ta main. Or l’ange de l’ Éternel se tenait près de l’aire d’Ornan, le Jébusien.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sandte den Engel nach Jerusalem, um es zu verderben. Und als er verderbte, sah es Jehova, und es reute ihn des Übels; und er sprach zu dem Engel, welcher verderbte: Genug! ziehe jetzt deine Hand ab. Der Engel Jehovas stand aber bei der Tenne Ornans, des Jebusiters.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misit quoque angelum in Jerusalem ut percuteret eam: cumque percuteretur, vidit Dominus, et misertus est super magnitudine mali: et imperavit angelo qui percutiebat: Sufficit, jam cesset manus tua. Porro angelus Domini stabat juxta aream Ornan Jebusæi.