Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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.’” New Living Translation “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’” English Standard Version “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” Berean Standard Bible “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” King James Bible Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. New King James Version “Go and tell David, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ’ ” New American Standard Bible “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “I extend to you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you.”’” NASB 1995 “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, “I offer you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you."’” NASB 1977 “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, “I offer you three things; choose for yourself one of them, that I may do it to you.”’” Legacy Standard Bible “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do that to you.”’” Amplified Bible “Go and tell David, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, “I offer you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you [as punishment for your sin].”’” Christian Standard Bible “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.’ ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.’” American Standard Version Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. Contemporary English Version "Tell David that I will punish him in one of three ways. But he will have to choose which one it will be." English Revised Version Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I'm offering you three choices. Choose the one you want me to do to you.'" Good News Translation "Go and tell David that I am giving him three choices. I will do whichever he chooses." International Standard Version "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: "I'm holding three choices out for you: pick one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you."'" NET Bible "Go, tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: "I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them."'" New Heart English Bible "Go and speak to David, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'" Webster's Bible Translation Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it to thee. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” World English Bible “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’” Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Go, and you have spoken to David, saying, Thus said YHWH: I am extending three [choices] to you; choose one of these for yourself, and I do [it] to you.” Young's Literal Translation Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Three -- I am stretching out unto thee; choose for thee one of these, and I do it to thee.' Smith's Literal Translation Go and speak to David, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Three, I stretch forth upon thee; choose to thee one from these and I will do to thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleGo, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee. Catholic Public Domain Version “Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.” New American Bible Go, tell David: Thus says the LORD: I am laying out three options; choose one of them, and I will inflict it on you. New Revised Standard Version “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Three things I offer you; choose one of them, so that I may do it to you.’” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGo and tell David, saying, Thus says the LORD: I offer you three disasters; choose one of them, that I may do it to you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “Go and say to David: thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Three evils I bring to you. Choose for yourself one of them, and I shall do it to you.’” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Go and speak unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Go and speak to David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I bring three things upon thee: choose one of them for thyself, and I will do it to thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment for David's Sin…9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer, 10“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” 11So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose… Cross References 2 Samuel 24:12-13 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” / So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.” 2 Samuel 24:10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 2 Samuel 24:15-16 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. / But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 1 Kings 3:5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” 1 Kings 9:2-3 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. / And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. 2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. Isaiah 38:1-5 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, / saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ... Jeremiah 21:8-9 Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. / Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. Ezekiel 14:21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast? Amos 4:6-10 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ... Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” Luke 4:1-13 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, / where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. / The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” ... Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.” John 12:27-28 Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. / Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” Treasury of Scripture Go and tell David, saying, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. offer thee [heb] stretch out Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Proverbs 1:29-31 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: … that I may Numbers 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 2 Samuel 12:10-12 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife… 1 Kings 13:21,22 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, … Jump to Previous Carry Choose David Offer Offered Options Speak Stretching ThreeJump to Next Carry Choose David Offer Offered Options Speak Stretching Three1 Chronicles 21 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The number of the people being brought, David repents of it 9. David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence 14. After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor; 26. where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire. 28. David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel Go and tell David This phrase indicates a direct communication from God to David through a prophet, in this case, Gad. Prophets often served as intermediaries between God and the kings of Israel, delivering divine messages. David, as the king, was accountable to God, highlighting the theocratic nature of Israel's monarchy. This reflects the biblical principle that leaders are subject to God's authority. that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’ Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe King of Israel, who sinned by conducting a census of the people, which was against God's will. 2. Gad A prophet who served as David's seer, delivering God's messages to the king. 3. The LORD (Yahweh) The God of Israel, who communicates His will and judgment through the prophet Gad. 4. Israel The nation over which David ruled, affected by the consequences of David's actions. 5. The Census The event that triggered God's displeasure, as David counted the fighting men of Israel, relying on military strength rather than God's provision. Teaching Points The Seriousness of SinDavid's decision to conduct a census was a significant sin because it demonstrated a lack of trust in God. This teaches us the importance of relying on God rather than our own resources or strength. God's Justice and Mercy The options given to David reflect both God's justice and His mercy. God allows David to choose the form of discipline, showing that while sin has consequences, God is also compassionate. The Role of Prophets Gad's role as a messenger highlights the importance of listening to God's appointed leaders and being open to correction and guidance. Decision-Making and Consequences David's situation reminds us that our decisions have consequences, and we must seek God's guidance in our choices to avoid negative outcomes. Repentance and Restoration Although David sinned, his response to God's discipline was one of repentance, which is crucial for restoration and maintaining a right relationship with God. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 21Why do 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21 differ in their attribution of who prompted David's census--God or Satan? Why does Judges 7 seemingly contradict other biblical passages that emphasize the need for adequate numbers in battle (e.g., 1 Chronicles 21:1-5)? In 1 Chronicles 15:13, David suggests God's anger struck them down for improper Ark transport--why would a just God enact such severe punishment over ritual details? How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David?(10) This verse, again, nearly coincides with the parallel in Samuel. The variations look like corrections and explanatory or paraphrastic substitutions. Thus the word "go is here imperative, instead of the less usual infinitive; "saving" is added by way of clearness; the easier phrase, "I offer thee" (spread or lay before thee), is given in place of the curious "I lift up" (i.e., impose) "on thee" (noteh for not?l: a change such as is common in the Targum); and, lastly, the pronoun of them, which is masculine in Samuel, is more correctly feminine here. Hebrew “Goלֵךְ֩ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and tell וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ (wə·ḏib·bar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue David דָּוִ֜יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse that this is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am offering נֹטֶ֣ה (nō·ṭeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend you three [options]. שָׁל֕וֹשׁ (šā·lō·wōš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice Choose בְּחַר־ (bə·ḥar-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select one אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first of them, מֵהֵ֖נָּה (mê·hên·nāh) Preposition | third person feminine plural Strong's 2007: Themselves and I will carry it out וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make against you.’” לָּֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew Links 1 Chronicles 21:10 NIV1 Chronicles 21:10 NLT 1 Chronicles 21:10 ESV 1 Chronicles 21:10 NASB 1 Chronicles 21:10 KJV 1 Chronicles 21:10 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 21:10 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 21:10 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 21:10 French Bible 1 Chronicles 21:10 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 21:10 Go and speak to David saying Thus (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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