I Chronicles 21:13
“And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Chronicles 21:13 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und David sprach zu Gad: Mir ist sehr angst! Möge ich doch in die Hand Jehovas fallen, denn seine Erbarmungen sind sehr groß; aber in die Hand der Menschen laß mich nicht fallen!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces David dijo á Gad: Estoy en grande angustia: ruego que yo caiga en la mano de Jehová; porque sus misericordias son muchas en extremo, y que no caiga yo en manos de hombres.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então Davi disse a Gade: Estou em grande angústia: rogo que eu caia na mão do SENHOR; porque suas misericórdias são muitas em extremo, e que não caia eu em mãos de homens.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, Davi disse a Gade: "Eu estou em grande aflição, deixa-me cair nas mãos de Yahweh ao invés de cair nas mãos dos homens, pois grandes são Seus misericordiosos feitos".
📖 I Chronicles 21:13 in Context
11So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
12Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
14So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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