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2 Samuel 12:4
New English Translation
2 Samuel 12:4
New English Translation
4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home,[a] he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed[b] the traveler who had come to visit him.[c] Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked[d] it for the man who had come to visit him.”
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- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “who had come to him” (also a second time later in this verse). The word “visit” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “and prepared.”
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