1 Chronicles 21:9-13 Parallel Bible Translations

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9	The LORD told Gad, David's prophet,	And the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,	The LORD said to Gad, David’s seer,
10	\|Go, tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: \|I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.\|'\|	“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.’”	“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.’”
11	Gad went to David and told him, \|This is what the LORD says: 'Pick one of these:	So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Choose what you will:	So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Take your choice:
12	three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the LORD, during which a plague will invade the land and the LORD's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.\|	either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”	three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
13	David said to Gad, \|I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the LORD, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!\|	Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”	David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
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