Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. Treasury of Scripture I offer 1 Chronicles 21:10,11 Go and tell David, saying, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you... that I may 2 Samuel 12:9,10,14 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? you have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword... Leviticus 26:41,43 And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies... Job 5:17,18 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty... Proverbs 3:12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights. Hebrews 12:6-10 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and whips every son whom he receives... Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Context Judgment for David's Sin
10And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech you, O LORD, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 11For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 12Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. 13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or that there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14And 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Go, and say to David: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee thy choice of three things, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.
Darby Bible Translation
Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three things; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.
King James Bible
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
Young's Literal Translation
Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three -- I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do it to thee.'
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