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2 Samuel 24:17

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15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

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.

18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

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BSB
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.”
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.
WEB
David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
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.
DARBY
And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!
BLB
And David spoke to YHWH when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and he said, “Behold, I, [the shepherd], have sinned, and I have acted wickedly. And these sheep, what have they done? Please be Your hand against me and against the house of my father.”
ÅB
Da David så engelen som slo ihjel blant folket, sa han til Herren: Det er jeg som har syndet, det er jeg som har gjort ille; men denne min flokk, hva har de gjort? La din hånd komme over meg og over min fars hus!
OTB
Da talte David til Herren da han så engelen som slo folket, og sa: "Se, det er jeg som har syndet, og det er jeg som har gjort urett; men disse sauene, hva har de gjort? La din hånd være mot meg og min fars hus!"
B1930
Da David så engelen som slo ihjel blandt folket, sa han til Herren: Det er jeg som har syndet, det er jeg som har gjort ille; men denne min hjord, hvad har de gjort? La din hånd komme over mig og over min fars hus!

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16–17

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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  • Psalms 74:1

    O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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  • 2 Samuel 24:10

    And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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  • Job 42:6

    Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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  • Ezekiel 34:23–24

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • 1 Kings 22:17

    And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

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  • 1 Peter 2:24–25

    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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