Verse List for 1 CHR 21:13

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OET (OET-RV) “Oh, that’s very distressing,” David replied to Gad, “but please don’t let me fall into my enemies’ hands. Yahweh is very merciful, so please let him be the one to punish me directly.”

OET-LV and_ Dāvid _he/it _said to Gād it _is _distress to_me exceedingly let _me _fall please in_the _hand _of YHWH if/because are_great compassion(s)_of_his exceedingly and_in_the _hand _of a _human not let _me _fall.

ULT And David said to Gad, “It is narrow to me greatly! Let me fall, please, into the hand of Yahweh, for his mercies, are very many, but into the hand of man, let me not fall.”

UST David said to Gad, “Those are terrible things for me to have to choose between! But let Yahweh be the one to punish me with a plague, since he is very merciful. Do not let humans be the ones to punish me.”

BSB & MSB David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies [are] very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

OEB No OEB 1 CHR book available

WEBBE & WMBB David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.”

NET David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”

LSV And David says to Gad, “I am greatly distressed, please let me fall into the hand of YHWH, for His mercies [are] very many, and do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

FBV David replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment,[fn] for he is so merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”

T4T David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, because they will not be merciful.”

LEB Then David said to Gad, “_⌊I am very troubled_⌋.[fn] Let me into the hand of Yahweh, for his compassion is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of a man.”

BBE And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

Moff "I am in a terrible difficulty," said David to Gad; "however, let me fall into the hands of the Eternal (for his mercies are many), not into the hands of men."

JPS And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'

ASV And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

DRA 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.

YLT And David saith unto Gad, 'I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for very many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

Drby And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

RV And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

SLT And David will say to Gad, Straits to me exceedingly: I will fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for his compassions are very many: and I will not fall into the hand of man.

Wbstr And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

KJB-1769 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.[fn]

KJB-1611 And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a great strait. Let mee fall now into the hand of the LORD (for very [fn]great are his mercies,) but let me not fall into the hand of man.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And Dauid sayde vnto Gad, I am in an exceeding strayte: Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde (for passing great are his mercies) but let me not fal into the hand of men.
(And David said unto Gad, I am in an exceeding straight: Let me fall now into the hand of the Lord (for passing great are his mercies) but let me not fall into the hand of men.)

Gnva And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait. let me nowe fall into the hande of the Lord: for his mercies are exceeding great, and let me not fall into the hande of man.
(And David said unto Gad, I am in a wonderful strait. let me now fall into the hand of the Lord: for his mercies are exceeding great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.)

Cvdl Dauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in greate trouble: yet wyl I rather fall in to ye hande of the LORDE, for his mercy is exceadynge greate, & I wil not fall in to the handes of men.
(David said unto Gad: I am in great trouble: yet will I rather fall in to ye/you_all hand of the LORD, for his mercy is exceedinge great, and I will not fall in to the hands of men.)

Wycl And Dauid seide to Gad, Angwischis oppresse me on ech part, but it is betere to me, that Y falle in to the hondis of the Lord, for his merciful doynges ben manye, than in to the hondis of men.
(And David said to Gad, Angwischis oppress me on each part, but it is better to me, that I fall in to the hands of the Lord, for his merciful doings been many, than in to the hands of men.)

Luth David sprach zu Gad: Mir ist fast angst; doch ich will in die Hand des HErr’s fallen, denn seine Barmherzigkeit ist sehr groß, und will nicht in Menschenhände fallen.
(David spoke to/for Gad: Mir is nearly angst; though/but I will in the hand the LORD’s fall/drop, because/than his compassion is very large, and will not in human_hands fall/drop.)

ClVg Et dixit David ad Gad: Ex omni parte me angustiæ premunt: sed melius mihi est ut incidam in manus Domini, quia multæ sunt miserationes ejus, quam in manus hominum.
(And he/she_said David to Gad: From all in_part/partly me angustiæ premunt: but better to_me it_is as incidam in/into/on hands Master, because many are sympathies his/her, how in/into/on hands of_men.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל־גָּ֖ד צַר־לִ֣⁠י מְאֹ֑ד אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א בְ⁠יַד־יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָי⁠ו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּ⁠בְ⁠יַד־אָדָ֖ם אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ πρὸς Γάδ Στενά μοι καὶ τὰ τρία σφόδρα· ἐμπεσοῦμαι δὴ εἰς χεῖρας Κυρίου, ὅτι πολλοὶ οἱ οἰκτειρμοὶ αὐτοῦ σφόδρα, καὶ εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων οὐ μὴ ἐμπέσω.

BrTr And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even all the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.

Verse List for 1 CHR 21:13

Verse List for 1 CHR 21:13