complete verse (2 Samuel 24:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 24:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “and he asked the king that, ‘Lord, what may have brought you to come to where I am?’ David answered that, ‘I have come to buy from you where threshing takes place. I want to build in this place an altar of/for God so that he can stop the disaster that is in the land.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “David said to him, "You are to sell your threshing floor to me. I will build an altar there for the LORD to stop this plague.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Arauna said, ‘Beloved King, why are you here?’ David answered, ‘I came here to buy your place-of-threshing for I will-build an altar for the LORD, so-that the plague on the people will- now -stop.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Araunah said, ‘Your Majesty, why have you come to me?’ David replied, ‘I have come to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh and offer sacrifices on it, in order that he will stop the plague.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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