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1 Chronicles 21:11

1 Chronicles 21:11 is verse 11 of 1 Chronicles chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

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King James Version

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

World English Bible

So Gad came to David and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Take your choice:

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1 Chronicles 21:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

13 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

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Hebrew words

וַיָּ֥בֹאand he went גָ֖דGad אֶלto דָּוִ֑ידDavid וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said ל֛וֹto him כֹּֽהthus אָמַ֥רhe says יְהוָ֖הYahweh קַבֶּלtake לָֽךְfor yourself

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Cross-references

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Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

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