2 Samuel 12:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³But the poor man had nothing at all except ^(A)one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nurtured;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat ^[a]scraps from him and drink from his cup and lie ^[b]in his lap,
And was like a daughter to him.
⁴Now a visitor came to the wealthy man,
And he could not bring himself to take any animal from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the traveler who had come to him;
So he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

⁵Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this certainly ^[c]^(B)deserves to die!

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 12:3 Lit his piece
2 Samuel 12:3 Or on his chest
2 Samuel 12:5 Lit is a son of death

2 Samuel 12:3-5

New International Version

³but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

⁴“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

⁵David^(A) burned with anger^(B) against the man^(C) and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives,^(D) the man who did this must die!