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12 You did your evil in secret, but I will do this out in the open, in front of all Israel.”

David (confessing to Nathan): 13 I have sinned against the Eternal One.

Nathan: Because the Eternal has put away your sin, it will not be your death. 14 But because you scorned the Lord by these acts, giving His enemies reason to mock Him, the child you conceived in deceit will die.

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12 You did it in secret,(A) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(B) before all Israel.’”

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

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away(D) your sin.(E) You are not going to die.(F) 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[a] the Lord,(G) 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