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2 Samuel 24:14 — And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into…
“And 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.”
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The verses around 2 Samuel 24:14.
12Go 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.
13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
14And 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.
15So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.
16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
Verse explanation
David, in anguish, prefers to fall into the hands of the Lord, trusting in His great mercy, rather than fall into the hands of men.
From the 2 Samuel 24 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Samuel 24:14 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And 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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Então disse David a Gad: Estou em grande angustia: porém caiamos nas mãos do Senhor, porque muitas são as suas misericordias; mas nas mãos dos homens não caia eu.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Então Davi disse a Gade: Em grande angústia estou: rogo que caia na mão do SENHOR, porque suas misericórdias são muitas, e que não caia eu em mãos de homens.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Entonces David le respondió a Gad: “¡Esta es una situación terrible para mí! Por favor, deja que el Señor decida mi castigo, porque es misericordioso. No permitas que la gente me castigue”.
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