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2 Samuel 24:17

When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

BSB

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ASV

And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

KJV

And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he saidH559 →
דָּוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בִּרְאֹת֣וֹ׀bir.'o.Towhen saw heH7200 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ׀ha.mal.'Akhthe angelH4397 →
הַמַּכֶּ֣הha.ma.Kehwho was striking downH5221 →
בָעָ֗םva.'Am<on> the peopleH5971 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָנֹכִ֤י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
חָטָ֙אתִי֙cha.Ta.tiI have sinnedH2398 →
וְאָנֹכִ֣יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595 →
הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִיhe.'e.Vei.tiI have done wrongH5753 →
וְאֵ֥לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428 →
הַצֹּ֖אןha.Tzonthe sheepH6629 →
מֶ֣הmehwhat?H4100 →
עָשׂ֑וּ'a.Suhave they doneH6213 →
תְּהִ֨יte.Hilet it beH1961 →
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994 →
יָדְךָ֛ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
בִּ֖יbion me
וּבְבֵ֥יתu.ve.Veitand on [the] house ofH1004 →
אָבִֽי׃ פ'a.Vifather myH1 →
הָֽרֹעֶהha.ro.'Ehthe shepherdH7462 →

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John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.Genesis 18:23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?Jonah 1:12“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”1 Chronicles 21:16–17When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?2 Samuel 24:10After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”Ezekiel 34:23–24I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”Genesis 44:33Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”John 10:11–12I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.Psalms 51:2–5Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

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