2 Samuel 12:2
What does 2 Samuel 12:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 12:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
KJV
King James Version · 1611The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The rich hath flocks and herds very many;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The rich had very many flocks and herds;
Context
v.1And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
v.2This passage
v.3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- 2 Samuel 12:8
and I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things.
- 2 Samuel 3:2
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- 2 Samuel 5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- 2 Samuel 15:16
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.
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