1 Chronicles 21:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are very great: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל־גָּ֖ד צַר־לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א בְיַד־יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָיו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּבְיַד־אָדָ֖ם אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer dāwîd to gād, ṣar-to me mĕʾōd. ʾeppĕlâ-nāʾ into yad-YHWH, for kî-many raḥămāyw mĕʾōd, but into yad-ʾādām not-ʾeppōl.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ṣar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is distressing
• *mĕʾōd*: adverb - greatly/exceedingly
• *ʾeppĕlâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me fall
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
• *yad*: feminine singular construct - hand of
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/abundant
• *raḥămāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mercies
• *ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind
• *ʾeppōl*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will fall

Word Meanings

• *ṣar*: distressing/difficult/hard/troubling
• *raḥămāyw*: mercies/compassions/tender mercies
• *ʾeppĕlâ/ʾeppōl*: fall into/come under/be delivered into

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  David said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Gad,{H1410} I am in a great{H3966} strait:{H6887} let me fall,{H5307} I pray, into the hand{H3027} of Jehovah;{H3068} for very{H3966} great{H7227} are his mercies:{H7356} and let me not fall{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of man.{H120}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Gad{H1410}, I am in a great{H3966} strait{H6887}{(H8804)}: let me fall{H5307}{(H8799)} now into the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}; for very{H3966} great{H7227} are his mercies{H7356}: but let me not fall{H5307}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of man{H120}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Dauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in greate trouble: yet wyl I rather fall in to ye hande of the LORDE, for his mercy is exceadynge greate, & I wil not fall in to the handes of men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait. Let me nowe fall into the hande of the Lorde: for his mercies are exceeding great, and let me not fall into the hande of man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Dauid sayde vnto Gad, I am in an exceeding strayte: Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde (for passing great are his mercies) but let me not fal into the hand of men.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And David saith unto Gad, `I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for very many `are' His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  David said to Gad, "I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are very great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  David said to Gad,“I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the LORD, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 130:7 : 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.
• Ps 103:8 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy.
• Ps 106:7 : 7 Our ancestors did not understand your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
• Isa 46:7 : 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Isa 63:7 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
• Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
• Lam 3:32 : 32 But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
• Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish?
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
• Hab 3:2 : 2 O LORD, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
• John 12:27 : 27 Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause I came to this hour.
• Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
• Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?
• 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
• 2 Chr 28:9 : 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
• Esth 4:11 : 11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that anyone, whether man or woman, who comes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law to put him to death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
• Ps 5:7 : 7 But as for me, I will come into your house in the abundance of your mercy; in fear will I worship toward your holy temple.
• Ps 51:1-2 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
• Ps 69:13 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
• Ps 69:16 : 16 Hear me, O LORD, for your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.