1 Chronicles 21:9
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- KJV
- And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- WEB
- The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- ASV
- And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David`s seer, saying,
- DARBY
- And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
- BLB
- And YHWH spoke to Gad, seer of David, saying,
- ÅB
- Men Herren talte til Gad, Davids seer, og sa:
- OTB
- Herren ga da en beskjed til Gad, Davids seer,
- B1930
- Men Herren talte til Gad, Davids seer, og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
Read in context2 Samuel 24:11
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
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