2 Samuel 24:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

David saw the angel killing everyone and told the Lord, “These people are like sheep with me as their shepherd. I have sinned terribly, but they have done nothing wrong. Please, punish me and my family instead of them!”

Cross References

Psalm 74:1

Our God, why have you completely rejected us? Why are you so angry with the ones you care for?

2 Samuel 24:10

After everyone had been counted, David realized he had done wrong. He told the Lord, “What I did was stupid and terribly wrong. Lord, please forgive me.”

Job 42:6

That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I cried out, “I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Psalm 44:11

You let us be slaughtered like sheep, and you scattered us among the nations.

Job 7:20

Why do you watch us so closely? What's it to you, if I sin? Why am I your target and such a heavy burden?

1 Kings 22:17

He answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers walking around in the hills like sheep without a shepherd to guide them. The Lord said, ‘This army has no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”

Genesis 44:33

Sir, I am your slave. Please let me stay here in place of Benjamin and let him return home with his brothers.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham asked him, “Lord, when you destroy the evil people, are you also going to destroy those who are good?

2 Samuel 7:8

David, this is what I, the Lord All-Powerful, say to you. I brought you in from the fields where you took care of sheep, and I made you the leader of my people.

Jonah 1:12

Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”

Exodus 10:16

At once the king sent for Moses and Aaron. He told them, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

Numbers 16:22

But the two men bowed down and prayed, “Our God, you gave these people life. Why would you punish everyone here when only one man has sinned?”

2 Samuel 12:13

David said, “I have disobeyed the Lord.” “Yes, you have!” Nathan answered. “You showed you didn't care what the Lord wanted. He has forgiven you, and you won't die. But your newborn son will.”

Psalm 32:5

So I confessed my sins and told them all to you. I said, “I'll tell the Lord each one of my sins.” Then you forgave me and took away my guilt.

Psalm 78:71

and from caring for lambs. Then God made him the leader of Israel, his own nation.