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Bishop's Bible

1 Chronicles 21:9

And the Lord spake vnto Gad Dauids sear, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gad;   Nation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gad (2);   Prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gad;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gad, the Prophet;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prophecy;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gad;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gad (2);   Seer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gad;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord instructed Gad, David’s seer,
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Gad, who was David's seer,
New English Translation
The Lord told Gad, David's prophet,
Amplified Bible
And the LORD said to Gad, David's seer,
New American Standard Bible
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD instructed Gad, David's seer,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Gad, one of David's prophets,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai spoke to Gad, David's seer:
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Gad was David's seer. The Lord said to Gad, "Go and tell David: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to give you three choices. You must choose one of them. Then I will punish you the way you choose.'"
George Lamsa Translation
And David arose early in the morning, and the word of the LORD came to Gad, the prophet, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Gad, David's prophet,
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Gad, Dauids Seer, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Gad, the profete of Dauid,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer. This was the message:
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Gad, David's man of God,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Gad, the seer of David saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying:
THE MESSAGE
God answered by speaking to Gad, David's pastor: "Go and give David this message: ‘ God 's word: You have your choice of three punishments; choose one and I'll do the rest.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

Contextual Overview

7 And the Lorde was displeased with this thing, and smote Israel. 8 And Dauid sayde vnto God: I haue sinned exceedingly in doyng this thing: And nowe I besech thee, do away the wickednesse of thy seruaunt, for I haue done very foolyshly. 9 And the Lord spake vnto Gad Dauids sear, saying: 10 Go, and tell Dauid, saying, thus sayth the Lord, I geue thee the choyse of three thinges: choose the one of them, that I may do vnto thee. 11 And Gad came to Dauid, and sayd vnto him, thus sayth the Lorde: Choose thee 12 Eyther three yeres famishment, or three monethes to be destroyed before thyne aduersaries, & that the sworde of thyne enemies may ouertake thee: or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the lande three dayes, and the angell of the Lorde destroying throughout all the coastes of Israel: And nowe aduise thy selfe, what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me. 13 And Dauid sayde vnto Gad, I am in an exceeding strayte: Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde (for passing great are his mercies) but let me not fal into the hand of men. 14 So the Lorde sent pestilence vpon Israel: and there were ouerthrowen of Israel threescore and ten thousande men. 15 And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it: And as he was about to destroy, the Lorde behelde, and had compassion on the euyll, & sayde to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, let nowe thyne hand ceasse. And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite. 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes, and sawe the angell of the Lorde stand betweene the earth and heauen, hauing a drawen sword in his hand, stretched out toward Hierusalem: Then Dauid and the elders of Israel whiche were clothed in sacke, fell vpon their faces.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gad: 1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 24:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:4 - in the hold 1 Chronicles 25:5 - the king's seer 2 Chronicles 29:25 - Gad

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
Genesis 17:20
And as concernyng Ismael also I haue hearde thee: for I haue blessed him, and wyll make him fruitefull, and wyl multiplie him excedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I wyll make a great nation of hym.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord visited Sara as he had promised, and did vnto her accordyng as he had spoke.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, whiche Sara bare hym, Isahac.
Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundreth yere olde, when his sonne Isahac was borne vnto him.
Genesis 21:6
But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me.
Genesis 21:13
Moreouer, of the sonne of the bonde woman wyll I make a nation, because he is thy seede.
Genesis 21:14
And so Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng, and tooke bread, and a bottel of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, puttyng it on her shoulder, and the lad also, and sent her away: who departing, wandered vp and downe in the wildernesse of Beer seba.
Genesis 21:23
And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham saide, I will sweare.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".


 
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