Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’” New Living Translation “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’” English Standard Version “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” Berean Standard Bible “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.’” King James Bible 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. New King James Version “Go and tell David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ’ ” New American Standard Bible “Go and speak to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: “I am imposing upon you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do it to you.”’” NASB 1995 “Go and speak to David, ‘Thus the LORD says, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you."’” NASB 1977 “Go and speak to David, ‘Thus the LORD says, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I may do to you.”’” Legacy Standard Bible “Go and speak to David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do that to you.”’” Amplified Bible “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “I am giving you three choices; select one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.”’” Christian Standard Bible “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them, and I will do it to you.’ ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them, and I will do it to you.’” American Standard Version 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. English Revised Version Go and speak unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I'm offering you three choices. Choose the one you want me to do to you.'" International Standard Version "Go tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: "I'm holding three choices out for you: pick one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you."'" Majority Standard Bible ?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.?? NET Bible "Go, tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.'" New Heart English Bible "Go and speak to David, ?Thus says the LORD, ?I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.'" Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible “Go and speak to David, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’” Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Go, and you have spoken to David, Thus said YHWH: I am lifting up three [choices] for you, choose one of them, and I do [it] to you.” Young's Literal Translation 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.' Smith's Literal Translation Go and speak to David, Thus said Jehovah, Three I lay upon thee: choose to thee one from them, and I will do to thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleGo, and say to David: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee thy choice of three things, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee. Catholic Public Domain Version “Go, and say to David: ‘Thus says the Lord: I present to you a choice of three things. Choose one of these, whichever you will, so that I may do it to you.’ ” New American Bible Go, tell David: Thus says the LORD: I am offering you three options; choose one of them, and I will give you that. New Revised Standard Version “Go and say to David: Thus says the LORD: Three things I offer you; choose one of them, and I will do it to you.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGo and say to David, Thus says the LORD: I will bring upon you one of three calamities; choose one of them, that I may do it to you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “Go say to David: ‘Thus says LORD JEHOVAH, three evils I bring against you. Choose for yourself and I shall do it to you’” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Go and speak unto David: Thus saith the LORD: I lay upon thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus saith the Lord, I bring one of three things upon thee: now choose thee one of them, and I will do it to thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment for David's Sin…11When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer: 12“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.’” 13So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”… Cross References 1 Chronicles 21:10-12 “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.’” / So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose / between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.” Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Numbers 14:18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’ Deuteronomy 28:15-68 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ... 1 Kings 3:5-14 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” / Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day. / And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in. ... 1 Chronicles 21:1-17 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. / So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.” / But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?” ... Jeremiah 21:8-10 Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. / Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. / For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’ Ezekiel 14:21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast? Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ... Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ... Luke 4:1-13 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, / where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. / The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” ... Luke 10:38-42 As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. / She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. / But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!” ... John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. / Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Treasury of Scripture Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. I offer 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… that I may 2 Samuel 12:9,10,14 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… Leviticus 26:41,43 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: … Job 5:17,18 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: … Jump to Previous Carry Choose David Impose Lay Offer Offered Offering Options Speak ThreeJump to Next Carry Choose David Impose Lay Offer Offered Offering Options Speak Three2 Samuel 24 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men 10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence 15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stops Go and tell David This phrase signifies a direct command from God to the prophet Gad, emphasizing the role of prophets as messengers between God and His chosen leaders. The Hebrew root for "go" (הלך, halak) often implies a journey or mission, underscoring the importance of delivering God's message. Historically, David, as king, was accustomed to receiving divine guidance through prophets, which was a common practice in ancient Israelite governance. that this is what the LORD says I am offering you three options Choose one of them for Me to carry out against you Hebrew “Goהָל֞וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and tell וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (wə·ḏib·bar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue David דָּוִ֗ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse that this is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I אָנֹכִ֖י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I am offering נוֹטֵ֣ל (nō·w·ṭêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5190: To lift, to impose you three [options]. שָׁלֹ֕שׁ (šā·lōš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice Choose בְּחַר־ (bə·ḥar-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select one אַֽחַת־ (’a·ḥaṯ-) Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first of them, מֵהֶ֖ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They and I will carry it out וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make against you.’” לָּֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew Links 2 Samuel 24:12 NIV2 Samuel 24:12 NLT 2 Samuel 24:12 ESV 2 Samuel 24:12 NASB 2 Samuel 24:12 KJV 2 Samuel 24:12 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 24:12 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 24:12 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 24:12 French Bible 2 Samuel 24:12 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 24:12 Go and speak to David Thus says (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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