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2 Samuel 12:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die! "
2 Samuel 12:5
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3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him.
4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die!
6 He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
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2 Samuel 12:1
"The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor."
2 Samuel 12:2
"The rich man had very many flocks and herds,"
2 Samuel 12:3
"but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him."
2 Samuel 12:4
"A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”"
2 Samuel 12:6
"He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”"
2 Samuel 12:7
"Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul."
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