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David’s Loss and Repentance

2 Samuel 12:15

In 11 translations

BSB
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
KJV
¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
WEB
Then Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
ASV
And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
LSV
And Nathan goes to his house, and YHWH strikes the boy, whom the wife of Uriah has borne to David, and it is incurable;
YLT
And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;
DBY
And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.
DRC
And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.
GNV
So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.
JPS
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick.
LXXE
And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ נָתָ֖ן אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וַיִּגֹּ֣ף יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַיֶּ֜לֶד אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת־אוּרִיָּ֛ה לְדָוִ֖ד וַיֵּאָנַֽשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπῆλθε Νάθαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔθραυσε Κύριος τὸ παιδίον ὃ ἔτεκεν ἡ γυνὴ Οὐρίου τοῦ Χετταίου τῷ Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἠῤῥώστησε.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
  • Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  • 2 Chronicles 13:20Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
  • Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  • 2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
  • Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

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