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2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

KJV

Dixit autem Nathan ad David : Tu es ille vir. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël : Ego unxi te in regem super Israël, et ego erui te de manu Saul,

Vulgate

Καὶ εἶπεν Ναθὰν πρὸς Δαυείδ Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ποιήσας τοῦτο· ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ χρίσας σε εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι ἐρυσάμην σε ἐκ χειρὸς Σαούλ·

LXX

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר נָתָ֛ן אֶל דָּוִ֖ד אַתָּ֣ה הָ/אִ֑ישׁ כֹּה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָנֹכִ֞י מְשַׁחְתִּ֤י/ךָֽ לְ/מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/אָנֹכִ֥י הִצַּלְתִּ֖י/ךָ מִ/יַּ֥ד שָׁאֽוּל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָֽ
k
verb · 69×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
נָתָ֖ן
ntn
proper_noun · 42×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

6 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…
2. But by wars and rumors of wars, He means, what I before said, the troubles coming upon them. After this, because, as I have already said, they supposed after that war the end would come, see how He warns them, saying, But the end is not yet. For nation, He says, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:7 Of the preludes to the ills of the Jews does …
If the magistrate rule contrary to the Word of God, the people are not bound to obey, for we must obey God rather than man. The prophets openly resisted wicked kings. Elijah rebuked Ahab; Nathan rebuked David; John Baptist rebuked Herod. In like manner, the godly must resist ungodly decrees and call the nation to repentance.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast
  • 1Kgs 14:7 — Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
  • 1Kgs 18:18 — And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
  • 1Kgs 20:42 — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people
  • 1Sam 13:13 — And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for
  • 1Sam 15:17 — And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
  • 1Sam 16:13 — Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
  • 1Sam 18:21 — And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the o
  • 1Sam 19:10 — And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
  • 1Sam 23:7 — And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
  • 1Sam 23:14 — And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • 2Chr 16:9 — For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henc
  • 2Sam 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  • 2Sam 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  • 2Sam 14:13 — And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his b
  • 2Sam 22:1 — And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
  • 2Sam 22:49 — And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
  • Dan 4:22 — It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
  • Jer 2:31 — O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
  • Matt 14:14 — And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
  • Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 27:6 — Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
  • Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.