English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 21:27
27Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
1 Chronicles 21:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the Lord spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.
Context of 1 Chronicles 21:27
25So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site. 26And David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 29For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon,
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ לַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב חַרְבּ֖וֹ אֶל־נְדָנָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:27
- 1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
- Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
- 1 Chronicles 21:12either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me."
- Jeremiah 47:6Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
- Ezekiel 21:30Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
- Matthew 26:52Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
- John 18:11So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:27
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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