So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Take your choice:
1 Chronicles 21:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Go and say to David: Thus says the Lord: Three things I offer you; choose one of them, so that I may do it to you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go and tell David, Thus says the Lord: I offer you three things; choose one of them, that I may do it to you. American Standard Version (1901) Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. Common English Bible Go and tell David, This is what the LORD says: I’m offering you three punishments. Choose one of them, and that is what I will do to you. Catholic Public Domain Version "Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things. Choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee. |
So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Take your choice:
for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me, to show my holiness before the eyes of the Israelites, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.