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.


In Context

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

10 And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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.

2 Samuel 24:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:12"Go and tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' "

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Go, and say to David: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee thy choice of three things, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three things; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Go and speak unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Go and say to David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12|Go and speak to David, 'Thus says Yahweh, |I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.|'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three — I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do it to thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.