17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking down the people, and said, “Behold, (A)it is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done wrong; but (B)these sheep, what have they done? Please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s house!”

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17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[a] have done wrong. These are but sheep.(A) What have they done?(B) Let your hand fall on me and my family.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.