1 Chronicles 21:13-14
1 Chronicles 21:13-15 The Message (MSG)
David told Gad, “They’re all terrible! But I’d rather be punished by GOD whose mercy is great, than fall into human hands.” So GOD unleashed an epidemic in Israel—seventy thousand Israelites died. God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, “Enough’s enough! Pull back!”
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 King James Version (KJV)
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.” So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel; 70,000 men of Israel fell.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 New Century Version (NCV)
David said to Gad, “I am in great trouble. Let the LORD punish me, because the LORD is very merciful. Don’t let my punishment come from human beings.” So the LORD sent a terrible disease on Israel, and seventy thousand people died.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 American Standard Version (ASV)
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man. So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 New International Version (NIV)
David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.” So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 New King James Version (NKJV)
And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
“I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.” So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
1 Chronicles 21:13-14 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell.