6He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!|


In Context

3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him.|

5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, |As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die!

6 He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!|

7 Nathan said to David, |You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.

2 Samuel 12:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:6He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:6He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:6and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:6and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6And he shall restore the lamb four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.