“But the poor man had nothing except (A)one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nourished;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat of his [a]bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
And was like a daughter to him.
“Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he [b]was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this [c](B)deserves to die.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:3 Lit morsel
  2. 2 Samuel 12:4 Lit spared
  3. 2 Samuel 12:5 Lit is a son of death