2 Samuele 12:3

La Riveduta Bibbia

ma il povero non aveva nulla, fuorché una piccola agnellina ch’egli avea comprata e allevata; essa gli era cresciuta in casa insieme ai figliuoli, mangiando il pane di lui, bevendo alla sua coppa e dormendo sul suo seno; ed essa era per lui come una figliuola.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
ma il povero non aveva nulla, se non una piccola agnella che egli aveva comprato e nutrito; essa era cresciuta insieme a lui e ai suoi figli, mangiando il suo cibo, bevendo alla sua coppa e dormendo sul suo seno; era per lui come una figlia.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
ma il povero non avea se non una sola piccola agnella, la quale egli avea comperata, e l’avea nudrita, ed ella era cresciuta con lui e coi suoi figliuoli, mangiando de’ bocconi di esso, e bevendo nella sua coppa, e giacendogli in seno; e gli era a guisa di figliuola.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one little: 2 Samuel 11:3, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 5:19

meat: Heb. morsel

lay in his: Deuteronomy 13:6, Micah 7:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:54 - and toward 1 Kings 1:2 - lie John 13:23 - leaning Ephesians 5:25 - love

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb,.... Uriah had but one wife, who was much younger than he, called a lamb, an ewe lamb, a little one. Abarbinel thinks Uriah had been a widower; and had children by another wife, supposed in the parable, and was much older than Bathsheba:

which he had bought; for men in those times and countries did not receive portions with their wives, but gave dowries to them, and for them:

and nourished up; as his own flesh, as husbands should their wives, Ephesians 5:29;

and it grew up together with him, and with his children; which Kimchi also supposes Uriah had by a former wife:

it did eat of his own meat, and drink of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter; all which are expressive of the care, kindness, love, and tenderness of a loving husband, whose affections are endeared to his wife, making her partaker of all he has, and to share in whatever he eats and drinks, and in his dearest embraces; and as there were instances of creatures, lambs and others, particularly tame or pet lambs, used in this way in a literal sense, to which the reference in the parable is, David had no suspicion of its being a parable. Bochart q has given many instances of creatures nourished and brought up in such a familiar manner.

q Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 46. col. 521, 522.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 12:3. And lay in his bosom — This can only mean that this lamb was what we call a pet or favourite in the family, else the circumstance would be very unnatural, and most likely would have prevented David from making the application which he did, as otherwise it would have appeared absurd. It is the only part of this parable which is at variance with nature and fact.