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Nathan Rebukes David

2 Samuel 12:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
KJV
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
WEB
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
ASV
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
LSV
The rich has very many flocks and herds,
YLT
The rich hath flocks and herds very many;
DBY
The rich had very many flocks and herds;
DRC
The rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen.
GNV
The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:
JPS
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
LXXE
And the rich man had very many flocks and herds.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְעָשִׁ֗יר הָיָ֛ה צֹ֥אן וּבָקָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τῷ πλουσίῳ ἦν ποίμνια καὶ βουκόλια πολλὰ σφόδρα.

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◆ Reign of David

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 12:8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
  • Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
  • 2 Samuel 15:16Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
  • 2 Samuel 3:2–5And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai…
  • 2 Samuel 5:13–16After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab,…

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