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1 Chronicles 21:16

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.

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ASV

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

KJV

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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וַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375 →
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וַיַּ֞רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עֹמֵ֗ד'o.MedstandingH5975 →
בֵּ֤יןbeinbetweenH996 →
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְחַרְבּ֤וֹve.char.Boand sword hisH2719 →
שְׁלוּפָה֙she.lu.FahdrawnH8025 →
בְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →
נְטוּיָ֖הne.tu.Yah[was] stretched outH5186 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
וַיִּפֹּ֨לvai.yi.Poland he fellH5307 →
דָּוִ֧ידda.VidDavidH1732 →
וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛יםve.ha.ze.ke.Nimand the eldersH2205 →
מְכֻסִּ֥יםme.khu.SimcoveredH3680 →
בַּשַּׂקִּ֖יםba.sa.Kimin <the> sackcloth<s>H8242 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃pe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440 →

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Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.2 Kings 6:17Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Joshua 5:13–14Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”Psalms 35:13–14Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.Jonah 3:6–8When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Exodus 4:24Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”Genesis 3:24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.Exodus 14:19–20And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,Numbers 22:31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”2 Kings 19:1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

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