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Nathan Rebukes David

2 Samuel 12:12

In 11 translations

BSB
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
KJV
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
WEB
For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
ASV
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
LSV
for you have done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.”
YLT
for thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
DBY
For thou didst [it] secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.
DRC
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
GNV
For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.
JPS
For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
LXXE
For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before this sun.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עָשִׂ֣יתָ בַסָּ֑תֶר וַאֲנִ֗י אֶעֱשֶׂה֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה נֶ֥גֶד כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְנֶ֥גֶד הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι σὺ ἐποίησας κρυβῇ, κᾀγὼ ποιήσω τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ἐναντίον παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀπέναντι τοῦ ἡλίου τούτου.

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◆ Reign of David

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:1–2In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is…
  • Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  • 2 Samuel 16:22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…
  • 2 Samuel 11:4–15Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. And the woman conceived and sent word to David,…

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