1 Chronicles 21:10
Good News Translation
"Go and tell David that I am giving him three choices. I will do whichever he chooses."

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.’”

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."

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Go, 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go, 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.

offer thee [heb] stretch out

Joshua 24:15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord,

Proverbs 1:29-31 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. . . .

that I may

Numbers 20:12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land, which I will give them.

2 Samuel 12:10-12 Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife. . . .

1 Kings 13:21,22 And he cried out to the man of God who came out of Juda, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast not been obedient to the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, . . .

Proverbs 3:12 Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

Context
Judgment for David's Sin
9And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying: 10Go, 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.11And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:9
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:

1 Chronicles 21:11
And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:

1 Chronicles 21:9
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