2 Samuel 12:12 - Plain English Version

¹² You did wrong in secret, but God will make sure everybody sees that man do wrong to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. [Fulfilled in II Sam. 16:21, 22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

Common English Bible

¹² You did what you did secretly, but I will do what I am doing before all Israel in the light of day.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For you acted secretly. But I will do this word in the sight of all of Israel, and in the sight of the sun.' "

2 Samuel 12:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:22

So the workers put up a tent on the flat roof of David’s big house. Absalom went into the tent and slept with his father’s wives one by one, just like he was married to them. And a lot of people saw him do that, and all the Israel mob heard about it.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So I’m telling you, don’t judge people before the right time comes. You have to wait until our leader Jesus comes back again from heaven. He knows every secret. He will show everyone the secret things that people think about doing. And at that time God will praise each of his good workers, and he will say good things about them.