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OET (OET-RV)DavidansweredGad, “This is very distressing, butpleaselet Yahweh be the one to punish me because he’s very merciful—don’t let other men be the ones.”
Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
Q רַֽחֲמָ֔יו
BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Γὰδ, στενά μοι πάντοθεν σφόδρα ἐστίν· ἐμπεσοῦμαι δὴ εἰς χεῖρας Κυρίου, ὅτι πολλοὶ οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ σφόδρα· εἰς δὲ χεῖρας ἀνθρώπου οὐ μὴ ἐμπέσω. (Kai eipe Dawid pros Gad, stena moi pantothen sfodra estin; empesoumai daʸ eis ⱪeiras Kuriou, hoti polloi hoi oiktirmoi autou sfodra; eis de ⱪeiras anthrōpou ou maʸ empesō. )
BrTrAnd David said to Gad, On every side [fn]I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.
ULTAnd David said to Gad, “Distress belongs to me, greatly. Please, let us fall into the hand of Yahweh, for his mercies are many, but into the hand of man, do not let me fall.”
USTDavid said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! But allow Yahweh to punish me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, because they will not be merciful.”
BSB § David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
OEBAnd David said to Gad, ‘I am in a great strait. We would rather fall into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercy is great, but let me not fall into the hand of man.’
WEBBEDavid said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
NETDavid said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”
LSVAnd David says to Gad, “I have great distress; please let us fall into the hand of YHWH, for His mercies [are] many, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
FBVDavid replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment,[fn] for he is merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”
24:14“Let the Lord decide my punishment”: literally, “let me fall into the hands of the Lord.” Also at the end of the verse, “Do not let me fall into human hands.”
T4TDavid said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! 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.”
LEBThen David said to Gad, “I am greatly distressed. Please let us fall into the hand of Yahweh, because he is great in his compassion; but into the hand of man don’t let me fall.”
BBEAnd David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
JPSAnd David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'
ASVAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
DRAAnd David said to Gad: I am in a great strait: but it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.
YLTAnd David saith unto Gad, 'I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'
DrbyAnd David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
RVAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
WbstrAnd David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
KJB-1769And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.[fn]
KJB-1611[fn]And Dauid saide vnto Gad, I am in a great strait: let vs fall now into the hand of the LORD (for his mercies are great,) and let me not fall into the hand of man. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsAnd Dauid saide vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strayte: Let vs fall now into the hand of the Lorde (for much is his mercy) and let me not fall into the hand of man. (And David said unto Gad, I am in a wonderful strayte: Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord (for much is his mercy) and let me not fall into the hand of man.)
GnvaAnd Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let mee not fall into the hand of man. (And David said unto Gad, I am in a wonderful strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. )
CvdlDauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in extreme trouble. Neuertheles (yf it maye be) let me rather fall in to ye handes of the LORDE (for his mercy is greate) I wyll not fall in to the handes of men. (David said unto Gad: I am in extreme trouble. Nevertheless (yf it may be) let me rather fall in to ye/you_all hands of the LORD (for his mercy is greate) I will not fall in to the hands of men.)
WyclForsothe Dauid seide to Gad, Y am constreyned on ech side greetli; but it is betere that Y falle in to the hondis of the Lord [Note: if Dauyth hadde chose huugur of vii. yeer, he and riche men wolden haue purueyed to hem silf of liyflode, and pore men schulden haue be turmentid gretly; and if he hadde chose fliyt bifor enemyes, he and myyty men schulden haue be defendid and pore men slayn, therfor he chees pestilence, comyn peyne to alle, for he tristide in Goddis mersi. ], for his emercies ben manye, than in the hondis of men. (Forsothe David said to Gad, I am constreyned on each side greatly; but it is better that I fall in to the hands of the Lord [Note: if Dauyth had chose huugur of 7 year, he and rich men wolden have purueyed to them self of liyflode, and poor men should have be turmentid gretly; and if he had chose fliyt before enemies, he and myyty men should have be defendid and poor men slayn, therefore he chees pestilence, common peyne to all, for he tristide in Goddis mersi. ], for his emercies been manye, than in the hands of men.)
LuthDavid sprach zu Gad: Es ist mir fast angst; aber laß uns in die Hand des HErr’s fallen, denn seine Barmherzigkeit ist groß; ich will nicht in der Menschen Hand fallen. (David spoke to Gad: It is to_me nearly angst; but let us/to_us/ourselves in the hand the LORD’s fallen, because his compassion is groß; I will not in the/of_the Menschen hand fallen.)
ClVgDixit autem David ad Gad: Coarctor nimis: sed melius est ut incidam in manus Domini (multæ enim misericordiæ ejus sunt) quam in manus hominum. (Dixit however David to Gad: Coarctor nimis: but melius it_is as incidam in hands Master (multæ because misericordiæ his sunt) how in hands of_men. )
Who is responsible for trials and difficulties? Strangely, Scripture attributes some instances to God, some to Satan, and some to both. How can this be? The difference is one of perspective.
There is a notable difference between the accounts of David’s census in Samuel and in Chronicles. Second Samuel 24:1 attributes the census taking to God (“the Lord . . . caused David to harm them by taking a census”), while 1 Chronicles 21:1 attributes the action to Satan (“Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel”).
Second Samuel 24:1-25 tells the census story from God’s perspective as the primary agent; God permitted Satan’s action in order to fulfill his own purpose.
This phenomenon is not uncommon in Scripture. Matthew 4:1 contains a similar instance of dual agency, where Jesus is led out into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Perhaps the most notable similar experience is Job’s trial: It was brought on by Satan and permitted by God—after the Lord had spoken glowingly about Job (Job 1:6–2:7). Through all the trials that followed, Job’s heart was righteous despite Satan’s attempts to elicit a curse against God. Similarly, 2 Corinthians 12:7 teaches that a God-sent affliction can be delivered by a messenger from Satan. When Paul wrote that he was given a “thorn,” he used a passive verb, indicating that this affliction was given by God.
Satan works in many ways in an attempt to discourage or destroy God’s people. Yet God is sovereign. God does not author evil, but sometimes God makes use of others’ evil deeds to accomplish his good purposes (Gen 50:20).
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards Gād in_~_distress to=me very fall please in/on/at/with,hand YHWH that/for/because/then/when great mercy,his and,in/on/at/with,hands humankind not fall )
(Occurrence 0) Let us fall into Yahweh’s hands rather than into the hand of man
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards Gād in_~_distress to=me very fall please in/on/at/with,hand YHWH that/for/because/then/when great mercy,his and,in/on/at/with,hands humankind not fall )
Here “hands” refer to power or control. Alternate translation: “Let Yahweh and not people punish us”
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
