10 Now therefore, (A)the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will (B)take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, (C)but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”

13 (D)So David said to Nathan, (E)“I have sinned against the Lord.”

And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has (F)put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord (G)to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”

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10 Now, therefore, the sword(A) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(B) I am going to bring calamity on you.(C) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(D) 12 You did it in secret,(E) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(F) before all Israel.’”

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned(G) against the Lord.”

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away(H) your sin.(I) You are not going to die.(J) 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[a] the Lord,(K) the son born to you will die.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of