1 Chronicles 21:11

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."

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:

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

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 David had done a bad thing in God's sight, so God punished Israel. ⁸ Then David said to God, "I have done something very foolish. I have committed a terrible sin by counting the Israelites. Now, I beg you to take the sin away from me, your servant." ⁹Gad 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.'" ¹¹Then 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." ¹³ David said to Gad, "I am in trouble! I don't want some man to decide my punishment. The Lord is very merciful, so let him decide how to punish me." ¹⁴ So the Lord sent terrible sicknesses to Israel, and 70,000 people died. ¹⁵ God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But when the angel started to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord saw it and felt sorry for all the suffering. So he said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Stop! That is enough!" This happened when the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁶ David looked up and saw the Lord 's angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed with their faces touching the ground. They were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness. ¹⁷ David said to God, "I am the one who sinned. I gave the order for the people to be counted! I was wrong. The Israelites did not do anything wrong. Lord my God, punish me and my family, but stop the terrible sicknesses that are killing your people."

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
Then Abraham said to God, "I hope Ishmael will live and serve you."

Genesis 21:1
The Lord came back to visit Sarah as he said he would, and he kept his promise to her.

Genesis 21:2
At exactly the time God said it would happen, Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age.

2 Samuel 18:33
So the king knew Absalom was dead and he became very upset. He went upstairs to the room over the gate, crying, "O my son Absalom! My son Absalom, I wish I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!"

Matthew 10:37
"Those who love their father or mother more than they love me are not worthy of me. And those who love their son or daughter more than they love me are not worthy of me.

Hebrews 12:11
We don't enjoy discipline when we get it. It is painful. But later, after we have learned our lesson from it, we will enjoy the peace that comes from doing what is right.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".