17 Abraham fell facedown;(A) he laughed(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(D)

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17 Then Abraham fell on his face (A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

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Abraham looked up(A) and saw three men(B) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.(C)

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(A)So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; (B)and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,

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Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

19 The two angels(A) arrived at Sodom(B) in the evening, and Lot(C) was sitting in the gateway of the city.(D) When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.(E)

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Sodom’s Depravity

19 Now (A)the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and (B)Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

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He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground(A) seven times(B) as he approached his brother.

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Then he crossed over before them and (A)bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down(A) and kissed(B) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.

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So Moses (A)went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and (B)kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent.

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Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown(A) in front of the whole Israelite assembly(B) gathered there.

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Then Moses and Aaron [a]fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:5 prostrated themselves

14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown(A) to the ground(B) in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[a] have for his servant?”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:14 Or lord

14 So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.”

And Joshua (A)fell on his face to the earth and (B)worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”

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Then Joshua tore his clothes(A) and fell facedown(B) to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening.(C) The elders of Israel(D) did the same, and sprinkled dust(E) on their heads.

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Then Joshua (A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they (B)put dust on their heads.

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20 As the flame(A) blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.(B)

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20 it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they (A)fell on their faces to the ground.

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28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(A) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(B)

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(C) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(D) and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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28 (A)Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. (B)This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel

So when I saw it, (C)I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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23 So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,(A) and I fell facedown.(B)

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23 So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, (A)the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I (B)saw by the River Chebar; (C)and I fell on my face.

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