He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
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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.
Now he shall restore the ewe fourfold because he did this thing and because he did not spare.”
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He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
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.
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.
He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.
and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'
and [for] the ewe-lamb he repays fourfold, because that he has done this thing, and because that he had no pity.”
He must pay back the lamb four times over because he did such a thing, and because he had no pity on the poor man.”
Now he shall restore the ewe fourfold because he did this thing and because he did not spare.”
and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”
And he shall restore the lamb four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
He must repay that lamb with four of his own for doing this, for being so heartless.”
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.'
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1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הַכִּבְשָׂ֖ה ewe H3535 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 12 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 17 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Topical passages linked to 2 Samuel 12:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 12 words vs World English Bible 17. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
וְאֶת הַכִּבְשָׂ֖ה יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם עֵ֗קֶב אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ אֶת הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא חָמָֽל
He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί ὁ ἀμνάς ἀποτίνω ἑπταπλασίων ἀντί ὅς ὅτι ποιέω ὁ ῥῆμα οὗτος καί περί ὅς οὐ φείδομαι
And he shall restore the lamb sevenfold, because he has not spared.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וְיַת אִמַרְתָּא יְשַׁלֵם עַל חַד אַרְבְּעָא חֲלַף דַעֲבַד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְעַל דְלָא חָס:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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2 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼarbaʻtayim (“fourfold”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 2 Samuel 12:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.