1 Chronicles 21:11

Douay-Rheims Bible

And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:

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:

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,

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 with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel. ⁸ And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly. ⁹ And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying: ¹⁰ Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee. ¹¹ And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt: ¹² Either three years famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me. ¹³ And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men. ¹⁴ So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. ¹⁵ And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. ¹⁶ And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

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 he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

Genesis 21:1
And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.

Genesis 21:2
And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her.

2 Samuel 18:33
The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.

Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

Hebrews 12:11
Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield to them that are exercised by it the most peaceable fruit of justice.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".