2 Samuel 12:1 New Living Translation Nathan Rebukes David So the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations King James Version And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New International Version Nathan Rebukes David The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations The Message But God was not at all pleased with what David had done, and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, “There were two men in the same city—one rich, the other poor. The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and his children as a member of the family. It ate off his plate and drank from his cup and slept on his bed. It was like a daughter to him.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
2 Samuel 12:3 New Living Translation The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations King James Version But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New International Version but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare and drink from his cup and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
2 Samuel 12:4 New Living Translation One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations King James Version And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New International Version “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared that for the guest who had come to him.”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations The Message “One day a traveler dropped in on the rich man. He was too stingy to take an animal from his own herds or flocks to make a meal for his visitor, so he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared a meal to set before his guest.”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
2 Samuel 12:6 New Living Translation He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
MACEDONIA : The congregation in, sends contributions to the poor saints in Jerusalem (Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5)
POTTERY : Place for manufacture of, outside the wall of Jerusalem, bought as a burying ground for poor people (Matthew 27:7-10)
ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING » (For the history of the above kings see under each » The poorest of the people were left to occupy the country, and were joined by fragments of the army of Judah, the dispersed Israelites in other lands, and the king's daughters (2 Kings 25:12,22,23; Jeremiah 39:10;40:7-12;52:16)
