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2 Samuel 12:13–14

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13hDavid said to Nathan, i“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, j“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly kscorned the Lord,2 the child who is born to you shall die.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2Masoretic Text the enemies of the Lord; Dead Sea Scroll the word of the Lord

Cross references

  1. h[1 Sam. 15:24]
  2. ich. 24:10; Ps. 32:5; 51:4
  3. jPs. 32:1; Mic. 7:18; Zech. 3:4
  4. kIsa. 52:5; [Ezek. 36:20, 23; Rom. 2:24]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Then Nathan replied to David, “And the Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die. However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin. Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh!” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has also forgiven your sin; you shall not die. But because you have utterly scorned Yahweh in this matter, the son born for you will certainly die.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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. 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.