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Geneva Bible

2 Samuel 12:12

For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   David;   Homicide;   Minister, Christian;   Nathan;   Repentance;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Prophets;   Sun, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Concubine;   David;   Nathan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - King, Kingship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David;   King, Kingship;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Nathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nathan ;   Uriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nathan;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Na'than;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nathan (1);   Samuel, Books of;   Sin (1);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Allegory;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judge;   Satire;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.’”
Hebrew Names Version
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Yisra'el, and before the sun.'"
King James Version
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Lexham English Bible
Though you did this in secret, I will do this thing before all of Israel in broad daylight!'"
English Standard Version
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.'"
New Century Version
You had sexual relations with Bathsheba in secret, but I will do this so all the people of Israel can see it.'"
New English Translation
Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'"
Amplified Bible
'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'"
New American Standard Bible
'Indeed, you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and in open daylight.'"
Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
Contemporary English Version
What you did was in secret, but I will do this in the open for everyone in Israel to see."
Complete Jewish Bible
For you did it secretly, but I will do this before all Isra'el in broad daylight.'"
Darby Translation
For thou didst [it] secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.
Easy-to-Read Version
You had sexual relations with Bathsheba in secret, but I will punish you so that all the people of Israel can see it.'"
George Lamsa Translation
For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, in the daytime.
Good News Translation
You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.'"
Literal Translation
For you acted in secret, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thou hast done it secretly, but I wyl do this in the sighte of all Israel, and by Sonne lighte.
American Standard Version
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Bible in Basic English
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thou diddest it secretly: but I wil do this thing before al Israel, and in the open sunne lyght.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
King James Version (1611)
For thou diddest it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the Sunne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before the sun.
English Revised Version
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Berean Standard Bible
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou hast do priueli; forsothe Y schal do this word in the siyt of al Israel, and in the siyt of this sunne.
Young's Literal Translation
for thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
Update Bible Version
For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
World English Bible
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
New King James Version
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun."'
New Living Translation
You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel."
New Life Bible
You did it in secret. But I will do this in front of all Israel, and under the sun.'"
New Revised Standard
For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, didst it, in secret, - but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
Revised Standard Version
For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.'"

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lorde sent Nathan vnto Dauid, who came to him, and sayd vnto him, There were two men in one citie, the one riche, and the other poore. 2 The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen: 3 But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter. 4 Now there came a stranger vnto the rich man, who refused to take of his owne sheepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye, 6 And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof. 7 Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul, 8 And gaue thee thy lordes house, and thy lords wiues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel, and of Iudah, and would moreouer (if that had bene too litle) haue giuen thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the Lord, to doe euill in his sight? thou hast killed Vriah the Hittite with ye sworde, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sworde of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

secretly: 2 Samuel 11:4, 2 Samuel 11:8, 2 Samuel 11:13, 2 Samuel 11:15, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Luke 12:1, Luke 12:2, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:5 - God 2 Samuel 16:11 - Behold 2 Samuel 16:22 - went in Job 24:15 - eye Job 34:26 - in Ezekiel 14:9 - if the Ephesians 5:12 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, & Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.
Genesis 12:10
Then there came a famine in the land: therefore Abram went downe into Egypt to soiourne there: for there was a great famine in the lande.
Genesis 20:11
Then Abraha answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wiues sake.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he sayd, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, least, sayde he, the men of the place shoulde kill me, because of Rebekah: for she was beautifull to the eye.
1 Samuel 27:1
And Dauid said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: is it not better for me that I saue my selfe in the lande of the Philistims, and that Saul may haue no hope of me to seeke me any more in all the coastes of Israel, and so escape out of his hand?
Proverbs 29:25
The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
Matthew 10:28
And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou didst [it] secretly,.... Committed adultery with Bathsheba privately, and endeavoured to conceal it, by getting her husband killed in battle, and then marrying her as soon as he could to hide the shame of it:

but one will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun; as the above fact was; that is, he would suffer it to he done, and so order it in his providence, that everything should concur to the doing of it; as David's leaving his wives behind him, Ahithophel's wicked counsel he was suffered to give, and the lustful inclination Absalom was left unto, and not any of the people of Israel having religion, spirit, and courage enough to remonstrate against it.


 
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