2 Samuel 12:14

“Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.”

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"Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die." 2 Samuel 12:14 KJV Similar Verses Saved Verses

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2 Samuel 12:14 Context

¹¹Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. ¹²For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. ¹³And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. ¹⁴Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. ¹⁵And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. ¹⁶David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. ¹⁷And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Translation Details for 2 Samuel 12:14

Other Translations for 2 Samuel 12:14

Howbeit, because by this deede thou hast giuen great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe also that is borne vnto thee, shall surely die.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- American Standard Version (1901)

But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
- Basic English Bible

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, even the child that is born to thee shall certainly die.
- Darby Bible

Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- English Revised Version

However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for 2 Samuel 12:14

Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 12:14

12:13 I have sinned - How serious this confession was, we may see, #Psal 51:1 |- 19. Put away thy sin - That is, so far as concerns thy own life. Not die - As by thy own sentence, ver.#5|, thou dost deserve, and may expect to be done by my immediate stroke.

12:16 Besought - Supposing the threatening might be conditional, and so the execution of it prevented by prayer. Went - Into his closet.

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