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New King James Version

2 Samuel 12:12

For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun."'

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.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.
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 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 LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: "There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds. 3 But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him. 4 And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him." 5 So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die! 6 And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity." 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more! 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your 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
And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She is my sister"; for he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," because he thought, "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold."
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand."
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.
Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body 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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