2 Samuel 12:12
Good News Translation
You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.'"

New Revised Standard Version
For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.”

Contemporary English Version
What you did was in secret, but I will do this in the open for everyone in Israel to see."

New American Bible
You have acted in secret, but I will do this in the presence of all Israel, in the presence of the sun itself.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

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For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

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2 Samuel 11:4,8,13,15 And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness: . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:14 And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

Luke 12:1,2 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

Context
Nathan Rebukes David
11Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:4
And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

2 Samuel 16:22
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

2 Samuel 12:11
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