2 Samuel 24:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ And Dawiḏ said to Gaḏ, “I am in great trouble. Please let us fall into the hand of יהוה, for His compassion is great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are many and great; but let me not fall into the hands of man.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ “I’m in deep trouble,” David said to Gad. “Let’s fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercy is great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Then David said to Gad: "I am in great anguish. But it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And David said to Gad: I am in a great strait: but it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.

2 Samuel 24:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”

2 Kings 6:15

And the servant of the man of Elohim rose early and went out, and saw an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Oh, my master! What do we do?”

1 Chronicles 21:13

And Dawiḏ said to Gaḏ, “I am in great trouble. Please let me fall into the hand of יהוה, for His compassion is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

Psalm 119:156

Your compassions are many, O יהוה; Revive me according to Your right-rulings.

Psalm 130:4

But with You there is forgiveness, That You might be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Yisra’ĕl, wait for יהוה; For with יהוה there is loving-commitment. And with Him is much redemption,

Psalm 145:9

יהוה is good to all, And He has compassion on all His works.

Psalm 51:1

Show me favour, O Elohim, According to Your loving-commitment; According to the greatness of Your compassion, Blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O יהוה, Are a compassionate Ěl and showing favour, Patient and great in loving-commitment and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in loving-commitment to all those who call upon You.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous regards the life of his beast, But the compassion of the wrong is cruelty.

Isaiah 47:6

“I was wroth with My people, I have profaned My inheritance and I gave them into your hand. You showed them no compassion, you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wrong forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to יהוה, who has compassion on him, and to our Elohim, for He pardons much.

Jeremiah 39:17

“And I shall deliver you in that day,” declares יהוה, “so that you are not given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

Lamentations 3:22

The loving-commitments of יהוה! For we have not been consumed, For His compassions have not ended.

Daniel 9:9

“To יהוה our Elohim are the compassions and forgivenesses, for we have rebelled against Him.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to יהוה, and he said, “Please, יהוה, was this not what I said while I was in my own land? This is why I went ahead and fled to Tarshish. For I know that You are an Ěl showing favour, and compassionate, patient and of great loving-commitment, and relenting from doing evil.

Micah 7:18

Who is an Ěl like You – taking away crookedness and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He shall not retain His wrath forever, for He Himself delights in loving-commitment.

Micah 7:19

He shall turn back, He shall have compassion on us, He shall trample upon our crookednesses! And You throw all our sins into the depths of the sea!

Zechariah 1:15

“And I am very wroth with the nations who are at ease, for when I was a little wroth, they furthered the evil!”

John 12:27

“Now I Myself am troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this reason I came to this hour.

Philippians 1:23

For I am pressed down by the two, having a desire to depart and be with Messiah, which is much better,

1 Samuel 13:6

And the men of Yisra’ĕl saw that they were in trouble, for the people were distressed, and the people hid in caves, and in thorny bushes, and in rocks, and in holes, and in pits.