Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, New Living Translation The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle. English Standard Version The rich man had very many flocks and herds, Berean Standard Bible The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, King James Bible The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: New King James Version The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds. New American Standard Bible “The wealthy man had a great many flocks and herds. NASB 1995 “The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. NASB 1977 “The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. Legacy Standard Bible The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. Amplified Bible “The rich man had a very large number of flocks and herds, Christian Standard Bible The rich man had very large flocks and herds, Holman Christian Standard Bible The rich man had a large number of sheep and cattle, American Standard Version The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; Contemporary English Version The rich man owned a lot of sheep and cattle, English Revised Version The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: GOD'S WORD® Translation The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cows, Good News Translation The rich man had many cattle and sheep, International Standard Version The rich man has many flocks and herds, Majority Standard Bible The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, 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, Webster's Bible Translation The rich man had very numerous flocks and herds: World English Bible The rich man had very many flocks and herds, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe rich has very many flocks and herds, Young's Literal Translation The rich hath flocks and herds very many; Smith's Literal Translation To the rich was sheep and oxen exceeding many: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen. Catholic Public Domain Version The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen. New American Bible The rich man had flocks and herds in great numbers. New Revised Standard Version The rich man had very many flocks and herds; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The rich man had sheep and very many oxen OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; Brenton Septuagint Translation And the rich man had very many flocks and herds. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Nathan Rebukes David1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, 3but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.… Cross References Exodus 22:1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. Leviticus 6:4-5 once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, / or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt. Proverbs 6:30-31 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. / Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” Matthew 18:23-35 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. / As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him. / Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. ... James 5:1-6 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” Micah 2:1-2 Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. Isaiah 3:14-15 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. / Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. Ezekiel 22:12-13 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. / Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. Jeremiah 22:13-17 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, / who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. / Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. ... Nehemiah 5:1-13 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” ... 1 Kings 21:1-16 Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. / So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” / But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” ... Matthew 21:33-41 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... Mark 12:1-9 Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ... Treasury of Scripture The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: exceeding 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 moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 2 Samuel 3:2-5 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; … 2 Samuel 5:13-16 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… Jump to Previous Cattle Exceeding Flocks Great Herds Large Numbers Numerous Rich Sheep WealthJump to Next Cattle Exceeding Flocks Great Herds Large Numbers Numerous Rich Sheep Wealth2 Samuel 12 1. Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge.7. David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned 15. David mourns and prays for the child while it lives 24. Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah 26. David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof The rich man This phrase introduces a character in Nathan's parable to King David. The "rich man" symbolizes those who possess great wealth and power, often leading to a sense of entitlement. In the Hebrew context, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's blessing, yet here it serves as a backdrop for moral failure. The rich man's actions in the parable reflect the potential for corruption and injustice that can accompany great wealth, reminding us of the biblical principle that to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). had a great many flocks and herds Hebrew The richלְעָשִׁ֗יר (lə·‘ā·šîr) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6223: Rich man had הָיָ֛ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a great number of הַרְבֵּ֥ה (har·bêh) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great sheep צֹ֥אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and cattle, וּבָקָ֖ר (ū·ḇā·qār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd Links 2 Samuel 12:2 NIV2 Samuel 12:2 NLT 2 Samuel 12:2 ESV 2 Samuel 12:2 NASB 2 Samuel 12:2 KJV 2 Samuel 12:2 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 12:2 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 12:2 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 12:2 French Bible 2 Samuel 12:2 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 12:2 The rich man had very many flocks (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |