2 Samuel 12:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 11:3 : 3 and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, 19 A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 `When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who `is' as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 4And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.'

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

    2The rich hath flocks and herds very many;

  • 71%

    19`And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

    20and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

    21and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

    22`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

  • 4`(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)

  • 6and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'

  • Job 31:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

    20If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

  • 23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

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    12and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to `me', and he divided to them the living.

    13`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

    14and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

    15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

    16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

    17`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

  • 1And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

  • 19and both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.'

  • 16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • 16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • 17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

  • 17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

  • 21`And if he `is' poor, and his hand is not reaching `these things', then he hath taken one lamb -- a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a present, and a log of oil,

  • 3And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

  • 26Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats,

  • 26And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

  • 23`With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

  • 11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

  • 7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • 21And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth `food' for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.

  • 9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

  • 3The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

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    30but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

    31`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

  • 7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

  • 41And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

  • 43And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

  • 9Better `is' the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.

  • 10His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

  • 3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

  • 8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • 25Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

  • 16A man -- he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment,

  • 21And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

  • 21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'