2 Samuel 12:12

12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’ ”

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2 Samuel 12:12 in Other Translations

KJV

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

ESV

12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.'"

NLT

12 You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

MSG

12 You did your deed in secret; I'm doing mine with the whole country watching!"

CSB

12 You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.' "

2 Samuel 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:12

For thou didst [it] secretly
Committed adultery with Bathsheba privately, and endeavoured to conceal it, by getting her husband killed in battle, and then marrying her as soon as he could to hide the shame of it:

but one will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun;
as the above fact was; that is, he would suffer it to he done, and so order it in his providence, that everything should concur to the doing of it; as David's leaving his wives behind him, Ahithophel's wicked counsel he was suffered to give, and the lustful inclination Absalom was left unto, and not any of the people of Israel having religion, spirit, and courage enough to remonstrate against it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Samuel 12:12 In-Context

10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

11 “This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.

12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’ ”

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the LORD, the son born to you will die.”