So Gad went to David and said to him, “Thus says Adonai: ‘Select for yourself
1 Chronicles 21:10 - Tree of Life Version “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says Adonai, “I offer you three things; choose one of them and I will bring it upon you.”’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 went to David and said to him, “Thus says Adonai: ‘Select for yourself
For Adonai loves those He reproves, even as a father, the son in whom he delights.
But Adonai said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in Me so as to esteem Me as holy in the eyes of Bnei-Yisrael, therefore you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given to them.”
If it seems bad to you to worship Adonai, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—whether the gods that your fathers worshipped that were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will worship Adonai!”
Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.