Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
Holman Bible
The rich man had a large number of sheep and cattle,
International Standard Version
Nathan approached David and said, "There are two men in the city. One is rich and one is poor. The rich man has many flocks and herds,
A Conservative Version
The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds,
American Standard Version
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
Amplified
“The rich man had a very large number of flocks and herds,
Bible in Basic English
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
Darby Translation
The rich had very many flocks and herds;
Julia Smith Translation
To the rich was sheep and oxen exceeding many:
King James 2000
The rich man had a great many flocks and herds:
Lexham Expanded Bible
The rich [man] had very many flocks and herds,
Modern King James verseion
The rich one had exceeding many flocks and herds,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the rich had exceeding great abundance of sheep and oxen.
NET Bible
The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
New Heart English Bible
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
The Emphasized Bible
The, rich, man had flocks and herds exceeding many;
Webster
The rich man had very numerous flocks and herds:
World English Bible
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
Youngs Literal Translation
The rich hath flocks and herds very many;
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The killing of the pet lamb
Christian ministers » Expostulate with rulers » Nathan with david
Christian ministers » Faithful » Nathan
David » King of israel » Is rebuked by the prophet nathan
Parables » Remarkable parables of the old testament
The poor » Oppression of--illustrated
Topics
Interlinear
M@`od
Rabah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nathan Reproves David
1
Jehovah sent Nathan to David. Nathan came to him and said: There were two men in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.
2
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:2-5
Sons were born to David while he was in Hebron. His first son was Amnon, born to Ahinoam from Jezreel.
2 Samuel 5:13-16
David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem. He married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children.
2 Samuel 12:8
I gave you his kingdom and his wives. Then I made you king over Israel and Judah. If this had not been enough, I would have given you twice as much.
2 Samuel 15:16
The king left on foot. His whole household followed him. The king left ten concubines behind to take care of the palace.
Job 1:3
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East!