2 Samuel 12:6

Hebrew Names Version

He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Because he has done this thing and shown no pity, he must pay four lambs for that lamb.”

King James Version
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Lexham English Bible
He shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity."

English Standard Version
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."

New Century Version
He must pay for the lamb four times for doing such a thing. He had no mercy!"

New English Translation
Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!"

Amplified Bible
"He shall make restitution for the ewe lamb four times as much [as the lamb was worth], because he did this thing and had no compassion."

New American Standard Bible
"So he must make restitution for the lamb four times over, since he did this thing and had no compassion."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion."

Contemporary English Version
And because he didn't have any pity on the poor man, he will have to pay four times what the lamb was worth."

Complete Jewish Bible
For doing such a thing, he has to pay back four times the value of the lamb — and also because he had no pity."

Darby Translation
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Easy-to-Read Version
He must pay four times the price of the lamb because he did this terrible thing and because he had no mercy."

George Lamsa Translation
And he shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.

Good News Translation
For having done such a cruel thing, he must pay back four times as much as he took."

Literal Translation
And he shall repay fourfold for the ewe lamb, because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The shepe also shal he make good foure folde, because he hath done soch a thinge, and not spared it.

American Standard Version
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Bible in Basic English
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shal restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thyng and had no pitie.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'

King James Version (1611)
And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall restore the lamb seven-fold, because he has not spared.

English Revised Version
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Berean Standard Bible
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he schal yelde the scheep in to foure folde, for he dide this word, and sparide not.

Young's Literal Translation
and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'

Update Bible Version
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall restore the lamb four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

World English Bible
He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"

New King James Version
And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."

New Living Translation
He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity."

New Life Bible
And he must pay four times the worth of the lamb, because he did this thing without pity."

New Revised Standard
he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the lamb, shall he pay back sevenfold, - because he did this thing, and, for that he had no pity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.

Revised Standard Version
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion."

Contextual Overview

¹ The LORD sent Natan 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 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 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 to him like a daughter. ⁴ A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him." ⁵ David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Natan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die! ⁶ He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!" ⁷ Natan said to David, "You are the man. This is what the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, says: 'I anointed you king over Yisra'el, and I delivered you out of the hand of Sha'ul. ⁸ I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Yisra'el and of Yehudah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. ⁹ Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriyah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of `Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be your wife.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

restore: Exodus 22:1, Proverbs 6:31, Luke 19:8

because: James 2:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 6:5 - restore 2 Samuel 14:8 - I will give Nehemiah 5:11 - Restore Job 20:10 - his hands Proverbs 19:17 - that hath Proverbs 28:8 - pity Matthew 7:3 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Kana`an became the father of Tzidon (his firstborn), Het,

Genesis 12:18
Par`oh called Avram, and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:19
Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

Genesis 13:7
There was a strife between the herdsmen of Avram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Kana`ani and the Perizzi lived then in the land.

Genesis 33:18
Ya`akov came in shalom to the city of Shekhem, which is in the land of Kana`an, when he came from Paddan-Aram; and encamped before the city.

Genesis 34:2
Shekhem the son of Hamor the Hivvi, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

Genesis 35:4
They gave to Ya`akov all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Ya`akov hid them under the oak which was by Shekhem.

Deuteronomy 11:30
Aren't they beyond the Yarden, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Kana`anim who dwell in the `Aravah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

Joshua 20:7
They set apart Kedesh in the Galil in the hill-country of Naftali, and Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim, and Kiryat-Arba (the same is Hevron) in the hill-country of Yehudah.

Joshua 24:32
The bones of Yosef, which the children of Yisra'el brought up out of Mitzrayim, buried they in Shekhem, in the parcel of ground which Ya`akov bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shekhem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Yosef.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,.... Which was according to the law in Exodus 22:1; but Kimchi thinks, because the word is of the dual number, it signifies double the number, and that the sentence was to restore eight lambs, because he being a rich man stole from the poor man; so Mr. Weemse s renders it, twice four, twice as much as was commanded in the law; for the Hebrews, he observes, double in the dual number till they come to seven:

because he did this thing; committed this theft:

and because he had no pity; on the poor man, but took his all. The Jews observe, that accordingly David was punished with the loss of four of his children, that which was born of Bathsheba, Ammon, Tamar, and Absalom; so most of the commentators, but Ben Gersom, instead of Tamar, has Adonijah.

s Of the Moral Law, l. 2. ch. 10. p. 252. Vid. Gusset. Ebr. Comment. p. 776.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fourfold - The exact number prescribed by the Law (see the marginal references), and acted upon by Zaccheus. The Septuagint has “sevenfold,” as in Proverbs 6:31.