1 Chronicles 21:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.”

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BSBPD

“Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons <FI>are<Fi> with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 21:20 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 6:11Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

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