Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
there
standeth
up an
adversary
against Israel ,
and persuadeth
David to number
Israel ,
Then
Satan
rose
up against Israel and incited
David to take
a
census
of
Israel .
And
David saith
unto
Joab ,
and unto
the heads
of the people
, `
Go ,
number
Israel
from Beer-Sheba
even
unto
Dan ,
and bring unto
me, and
I know their number. '
So
David said
to
Joab and the commanders
of the troops
, “
Go and
count
the
Israelites
from Beersheba
to
Dan and bring me a
report
, so
that
I may
know their number. ”
And
Joab saith
, `Jehovah
doth
add
to
His people
as
they
are
a hundred times ;
are
they
not,
my lord ,
O
king, all of them
to
my lord for
servants
? why doth
my lord seek
this? why is
he for
a
cause
of
guilt to
Israel? '
But
Joab replied
, “May
the
LORD
multiply
His troops
a hundred times over.
My lord the
king, are
they
not
all servants
of my lord? Why does
my lord want
to
do
this? Why should
he bring
guilt on
Israel? ”
And
the word of
the
king
`is'
severe
against Joab ,
and
Joab goeth
out,
and
goeth
up
and down
in
all
Israel, and cometh
in
to Jerusalem.
Nevertheless,
the king’s
word prevailed
against Joab .
So
Joab departed
and traveled
throughout
Israel, and then
he
returned
to Jerusalem.
And Joab giveth
the
account
of
the numbering
of the people
unto
David,
and
all Israel is
a
thousand
thousand
and
a
hundred
thousand
, each
drawing
sword, and
Judah
`is'
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
, each
drawing
sword
.
And Joab reported
to
David
the total
number
of the troops.
In
all Israel there
were
1
, 100,000
men
who
drew
the
sword, including
470
, 000
in
Judah
.
And
Levi and Benjamin he
hath
not
numbered
in their
midst,
for
the word
of
the king
was abominable
with
Joab
.
But
Joab
did
not
include
Levi and Benjamin in the count,
because
the king’s
command
was detestable
to
him
.
And
it
is
evil in the eyes
of God concerning
this
thing,
and
He smiteth
Israel ,
This
command
was
also
evil in the sight
of God ;
so
He struck
Israel .
and
David saith
unto
God, `
I have sinned exceedingly,
in
that
I have done this thing ;
and
now ,
cause
to pass
away ,
I
pray
Thee,
the iniquity of Thy
servant, for I have acted very foolishly. '
Then
David said
to
God, “
I have sinned greatly
because
I have done this thing .
Now I
beg
You
to take
away the iniquity of Your
servant, for I have acted very foolishly. ”
And Jehovah
speaketh
unto
Gad, seer of
David
, saying:
And the
LORD
instructed
Gad, David’s
seer,
`
Go ,
and thou
hast
spoken
unto
David ,
saying,
Thus
said
Jehovah,
Three
--
I am stretching
out
unto
thee;
choose for
thee
one of these
, and I do
`
it '
to
thee
. '
“
Go and tell
David that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘
I am offering
you
three
options.
Choose one of them
, and I will
carry
it out
against
you
. ’”
And
Gad cometh
in
unto
David,
and saith
to
him,
`Thus
said Jehovah
, Take
for
thee
--
So
Gad went
and said to
David
, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘You
must
choose
either
for
three years --
famine, or
three months to
be
consumed
from
the
face
of thine
adversaries,
even
the
sword
of
thine
enemies to
overtake
, or three days the sword of Jehovah,
even
pestilence
in
the land, and
a
messenger
of Jehovah
destroying
in
all
the border
of Israel ;
and
now, see;
what
word
do
I return
to Him who is
sending
me ?'
between
three years of
famine, three months of being
swept
away
before
your
enemies and
overtaken
by
their
swords
, or three days of
the sword of the LORD—days
of
plague
upon
the
land, with
the
angel
of the LORD
ravaging
every
part
of Israel .’
Now then
, decide
how
I should
reply
to Him who sent
me .”
And
David saith
unto
Gad, `
I am greatly
distressed, let me fall ,
I
pray
thee,
into the hand of Jehovah
, for very
many
`are'
His mercies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
man
let me not
fall. '
David answered
Gad, “
I am deeply
distressed .
Please
, let me fall into the hand of the
LORD
, for His mercies are
very
great;
but
do
not
let me fall into
the
hands
of
men
. ”
And
Jehovah
giveth
a pestilence
in
Israel, and there
fall
of
Israel
seventy thousand men ,
So
the
LORD
sent
a plague
upon
Israel, and seventy thousand men of
Israel
fell
dead.
and
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 ,
Then
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 .
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
.
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
.
And David saith
unto
God, `Did
not I --
I
say
to number
the people? Yea,
I it
`is'
who have
sinned ,
and done
great
evil:
and
these ,
the
flock
, what did
they? O Jehovah,
my God, let ,
I
pray
Thee,
Thy
hand be
on
me ,
and on
the
house
of
my father
, and
not on
Thy
people --
to
be
plagued
. '
And David said
to
God, “Was
it
not I who
gave
the
order
to count
the people? I am
the
one
who has
sinned and acted
wickedly.
But
these sheep
, what have
they done
? O LORD
my God, please
let Your
hand fall
upon
me and my father’s
house
, but
do
not let
this
plague
remain
upon
Your
people. ”
And
the messenger
of Jehovah
spake
unto
Gad ,
saying
for
David,
`Surely
David doth
go up to
raise
an altar to Jehovah
in
the threshing -
floor of Ornan the Jebusite. '
Then
the angel
of the
LORD
ordered
Gad to
tell
David to
go up and
build
an altar to the LORD
on
the
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And
David goeth
up by
the word of
Gad,
that he
spake
in the name of Jehovah
.
So
David went
up at
the word that Gad
had
spoken
in the name of the
LORD
.
And
Ornan turneth
back,
and seeth
the messenger,
and his four sons `are'
with him ,
hiding
themselves ,
and
Ornan
is
threshing
wheat
.
Now
Ornan was
threshing
wheat
when
he
turned
and saw
the angel;
and his four sons who
were
with him hid
themselves.
And
David cometh
in
unto
Ornan, and Ornan looketh
attentively,
and seeth
David, and
goeth
out
from
the threshing -
floor ,
and boweth
himself
to
David --
face
to
the
earth
.
David came
to
Ornan, and when
Ornan looked
out
and saw
David, he
left
the threshing floor and bowed
facedown
before
David.
And
David saith
unto
Ornan, `Give
to
me the place
of the
threshing -
floor, and
I build in
it
an altar to Jehovah;
for
full
silver
give
it to me, and
the plague is
restrained
from
the people. '
Then
David said
to
Ornan, “Grant
me the site
of this
threshing floor, that
I may
build an altar to the
LORD.
Sell
it to me for
the
full
price
, so
that
the plague upon
the people may
be
halted
. ”
And
Ornan saith
unto
David, `Take
to
thee
--
and
my lord the king doth
that
which
is
good in
his
eyes:
see
, I have
given
the oxen for burnt -
offerings, and
the threshing instruments
for wood, and the wheat for a
present;
the whole
I have
given
. '
Ornan said
to
David, “
My lord the king may
take
whatever
seems
good .
Look
, I will
give
the oxen for the
burnt offerings, the threshing sledges
for the
wood, and the wheat for the grain
offering—
I will
give
it
all
. ”
And
king David saith
to
Ornan
, `Nay,
for
I surely
buy
for
full silver;
for I do
not lift
up
that
which
is
thine
to Jehovah
, so
as
to
offer a
burnt -offering
without
cost. '
“No,”
replied
King David, “
I insist
on
paying
the
full price,
for I will
not take
for
the
LORD
what
belongs
to you
, nor
will
I
offer burnt offerings
that
cost me
nothing
. ”
And
David giveth
to
Ornan for
the
place
shekels of gold `in'
weight
six
hundred;
So
David paid
Ornan six
hundred
shekels of gold for
the
site.
and David
buildeth
there an altar to Jehovah,
and offereth
burnt -
offerings and peace -
offerings ,
and
calleth
unto
Jehovah,
and
He answereth
him with fire from the
heavens
on the altar of the
burnt -
offering.
And there he
built
an altar to the
LORD
and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings .
He called
upon
the
LORD,
who
answered
him with fire from heaven
on the altar of burnt offering.
And
Jehovah
saith
to the messenger
, and
he
turneth
back
his sword unto
its sheath.
Then
the
LORD
spoke
to the angel
, who
put
his sword back
into
its sheath.
At that time when David seeth
that Jehovah
hath
answered him in
the threshing -
floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then
he sacrificeth
there ;
At that time ,
when David saw
that the
LORD
had
answered him at
the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered
sacrifices
there .
and
the tabernacle of Jehovah
that Moses made in the wilderness ,
and the altar of the
burnt -
offering ,
`are'
at that
time
in
a
high place ,
in Gibeon ;
For
the tabernacle of the
LORD
that Moses had
made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were
presently
at the
high place in Gibeon ,
and
David is
not able
to
go before it to seek
God, for
he hath
been
afraid because
of the sword of the messenger
of Jehovah
.
but
David could
not go before it to inquire
of
God, because
he was
afraid of the sword of the angel
of the
LORD
.
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