2 Samuel 12:5 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 12:5

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

BSB

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ASV

And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die:

KJV

And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 2 (604)

But sometimes, when the powerful of this world are taken to task, they are first to be searched by certain similitudes, as on a matter not concerning them; and, when they have pronounced a right sentence as against another man, then in fitting ways they are to be smitten with regard to their own guilt; so that the mind puffed up with temporal power may in no wise lift itself up against the reprover, having by its own judgment trodden on the neck of pride, and may not try to defend itself, being bound by the sentence of its own mouth.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The man - shall surely die - Literally בן מות ben maveth, “he is a son of death,” a very bad man, and one who deserves to die. But the law did not sentence a sheep-stealer to death; let us hear it: If a man steal an ox or a sheep, he shall restore Five Oxen for an ox, and Four Sheep for a sheep, Exo 22:1; and hence David immediately says, He shall restore the lamb Fourfold.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The sympathies of the king had been deeply enlisted, his indignation aroused, but his conscience was still asleep; and at the time when he was most fatally indulgent to his own sins, he was most ready to condemn the delinquencies and errors of others. HE APPLIES IT TO DAVID, WHO CONFESSES HIS SIN, AND IS PARDONED.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽחַר־	vai.yi.char-	and it burned	H2734 →
אַ֥ף	'af	[the] anger of	H639 →
דָּוִ֛ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בָּאִ֖ישׁ	ba.'Ish	on the man	H376 →
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
נָתָ֔ן	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֕ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֶן־	ven-	[is] a son of	H1121 →
מָ֔וֶת	Ma.vet	death	H4194 →
הָאִ֖ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה	ha.'o.Seh	who did	H6213 →
זֹֽאת׃	Zot	this	H2063 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 2:1
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
leads to
- Luke 6:37
  Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- Romans 2:3
  So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
- John 8:7–9
  When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
- Romans 2:21–23
  you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- Matthew 7:1–5
  “Do not judge, or you will be judged.
Through
Genesis 38:24
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
leads to
- Leviticus 21:9
  If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Hosea 2:5
  For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
Through
1 Samuel 26:16
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:9
  But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

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Where the connections lead

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