2 Samuel 24:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Samuel 24:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 24:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 24:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.””
2 Samuel 24:14 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 24:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And 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. ”
2 Samuel 24:14 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 24:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many <FI>are<Fi> His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'”
2 Samuel 24:14 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 24:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And 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. ”
2 Samuel 24:14 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 24:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And 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.”
2 Samuel 24:14 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 24:14 in Context — 2 Samuel 24
12 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.
13 So 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.
14 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.
15 So 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.
16 And 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.
What Does 2 Samuel 24:14 Mean?
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