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The Darby Translation

1 Chronicles 21:11

And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Choice;   Gad;   Nation;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gad, the Prophet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gad;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Choose;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gad;   Pestilence;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice:
Hebrew Names Version
So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Take which you will:
King James Version
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Choose thee
English Standard Version
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Choose what you will:
New Century Version
So Gad went to David and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Choose for yourself
New English Translation
Gad went to David and told him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:
Amplified Bible
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Choose for yourself
New American Standard Bible
So Gad came to David and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Take for yourself
World English Bible
So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take which you will:
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Gad came to Dauid, and sayde vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Take to thee
Legacy Standard Bible
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, ‘Take for yourself
Berean Standard Bible
So Gad went and said to David, "This is what the LORD says: 'Take your choice
Contemporary English Version
Gad went to David and told him: You must choose how the Lord will punish you:
Complete Jewish Bible
Gad came to David and said to him, "Take your choice:
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Gad went to David. He said to David, "The Lord says, ‘David, choose which punishment you want: three years without enough food, or three months of running away from your enemies while they use their swords to chase you, or three days of punishment from the Lord . Terrible sicknesses will spread through the country, and the Lord 's angel will go through Israel destroying the people.' David, God sent me. Now, you must decide which answer I will give to him."
George Lamsa Translation
So Gad the prophet came to David and said to him, Thus says the LORD: Choose for yourself
Good News Translation
Gad went to David, told him what the Lord had said, and asked, "Which is it to be?
Lexham English Bible
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: ‘Choose for yourself:
Literal Translation
And Gad came to David and said to him, So says Jehovah, Choose for yourself:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha Gad came to Dauid, he spake vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Chose ye
American Standard Version
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:
Bible in Basic English
So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Gad came to Dauid, and sayd vnto him, thus sayth the Lorde: Choose thee
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Gad came to David, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Take which thou wilt:
King James Version (1611)
So Gad came to Dauid, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose for thyself,
English Revised Version
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Take which thou wilt;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Gad was comen to Dauid, he seide to Dauid, The Lord seith these thingis, Chese thou that that thou wolt, ether pestilence thre yeer,
Update Bible Version
So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take which you will:
Webster's Bible Translation
So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
New King James Version
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: "Choose for yourself,
New Living Translation
So Gad came to David and said, "These are the choices the Lord has given you.
New Life Bible
So Gad came to David and said, "This is what the Lord says. ‘Choose one of these.
New Revised Standard
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Take your choice:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Gad came unto David, - and said to him, Thus, saith Yahweh,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
Revised Standard Version
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Take which you will:
Young's Literal Translation
And Gad cometh in unto David, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, Take for thee --
THE MESSAGE
Gad delivered the message to David: "Do you want three years of famine, three months of running from your enemies while they chase you down, or three days of the sword of God —an epidemic unleashed on the country by an angel of God ? Think it over and make up your mind. What shall I tell the One who sent me?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Take for yourself

Contextual Overview

7 And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel. 8 And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; and now, I beseech thee, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and speak to David saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I offer thee three [things]; choose one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: 12 Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13 And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Choose thee: Heb. Take to thee, Proverbs 19:20

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:12 - I offer 1 Chronicles 21:18 - the angel

Cross-References

Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 21:1
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Hebrews 12:11
But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".


 
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