1 Chronicles 21:27
And Jehovah saith to the messenger, and he turneth back his sword unto its sheath.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:12either 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?'
1 Chronicles 21:20And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.
Jeremiah 47:6Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
Matthew 26:52Then saith Jesus to him, 'Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;
Hebrews 1:14are they not all spirits of service — for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:19-30
Ornan's Threshing-Floor. ( b. c. 1017.) 18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord . 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed… Read the whole commentary →