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2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

KJV

Et reversus est Nathan in domum suam. Percussit quoque Dominus parvulum quem pepererat uxor Uriæ David, et desperatus est.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν Ναθὰν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔθραυσεν Κύριος τὸ παιδίον ὃ ἔτεκεν ἡ γυνὴ Οὐρείου τῷ Δαυείδ, καὶ ἠρρώστησεν.

LXX

And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ נָתָ֖ן אֶל בֵּית֑/וֹ וַ/יִּגֹּ֣ף יְהוָ֗ה אֶת הַ/יֶּ֜לֶד אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת אוּרִיָּ֛ה לְ/דָוִ֖ד וַ/יֵּאָנַֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָנ֖וּשׁ
'nvsh
verb · 9×
אוּרִיָּ֥ה
'vryh
proper_noun · 39×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יִּנָּ֥גֶף
yngp
verb · 48×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
נָתָ֖ן
ntn
proper_noun · 42×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1736Every act directly willed is imputable to its author: Thus the Lord asked Eve after the sin in the garden: "What is this that you have done?"29 He asked Cain the same question.30 The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.31 An action can be indirectly voluntary when it results from negligence rega…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:38 — And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
  • Mark 5:23 — And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
  • Ps 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.