NET Bible
"Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”"
— 2 Samuel 12:6, NET Bible
“And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”
“and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. ”
“He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"”
“He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.”
“And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.”
“And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”
But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.
“When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him.”
Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!
Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.