2 Samuel 24:12
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
2 Samuel 24:12 in other translations
| BSB | “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” |
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| WEB | “Go and speak to David, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’” |
| ASV | Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. |
| YLT | ‘Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three--I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do it to thee.' |
| DARBY | Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three things; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee. |
| BBE | Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you. |
| Webster | Go and say to David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it to thee. |
What does 2 Samuel 24:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 24:10-13
10-13. David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned--The act of numbering the people was not in itself sinful; for Moses did it by the express authority of God. But David acted not only independently of such order or sanction, but from motives unworthy of the delegated king of Israel; from pride and vainglory; from self-confidence and distrust of God…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:10-15
It is well, when a man has sinned, if he has a heart within to smite him for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God would forgive them, and take away, by pardoning mercy, that sin which we cast away by sincere repentance. What we make the matter of our pride, it is just in God to take from us, or make bitter to us, and make it our punishment. This must be such a punishment as the people have a…
2 Samuel 24:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:12
- Proverbs 3:12
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Hebrews 12:6-10
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? …
- Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Leviticus 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
- 1 Chronicles 21:10-11
Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
- Leviticus 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
- 2 Samuel 12:9-10
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
- 2 Samuel 12:14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- Job 5:17-18
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 24:11
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- 2 Samuel 24:12
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
- 2 Samuel 24:13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel 24:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ve, y di á David: Así ha dicho Jehová: Tres cosas te ofrezco: tú te escogerás una de ellas, la cual yo haga. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Va, et parle à David: Ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Je t’impose l’une de ces trois choses; choisis-en une, et je te la ferai. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gehe hin und rede zu David: So spricht Jehova: Dreierlei lege ich dir vor; wähle dir eines davon, daß ich es dir tue. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vade, et loquere ad David: Hæc dicit Dominus: Trium tibi datur optio: elige unum quod volueris ex his, ut faciam tibi. |