2 Samuel 24:20
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.
2 Samuel 24:20 in other translations
| BSB | When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. |
| BBE | And Araunah, looking out, saw the king and his servants coming to him: and Araunah went out, and went down on his face to the earth before the king. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Samuel 24:20 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:18-25
God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Those know not what religion is, who chiefly care to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. For what have we our substance, but to honour God with it…
2 Samuel 24:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:20
- 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?
- 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?
- 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,
- 1 Chronicles 21:20-21
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 24:19
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
- 2 Samuel 24:20
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.
- 2 Samuel 24:21
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.
2 Samuel 24:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y mirando Arauna, vió al rey y á sus siervos que pasaban á él. Saliendo entonces Arauna, inclinóse delante del rey hacia tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Arauna regarda, et il vit le roi et ses serviteurs qui passaient vers lui; et Arauna sortit, et se prosterna devant le roi, le visage contre terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Arawna blickte hin und sah den König und seine Knechte zu sich herüberkommen; da ging Arawna hinaus und beugte sich vor dem König nieder, mit seinem Antlitz zur Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Conspiciensque Areuna, animadvertit regem et servos ejus transire ad se: |