2 Samuel 12:12

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

For thou didst {H6213} it secretly {H5643}: but I will do {H6213} this thing {H1697} before all Israel {H3478}, and before the sun {H8121}.

For you did it secretly, but I will do this before all Isra'el in broad daylight.'"

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 16:22 (5 votes)

    So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5 (4 votes)

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • Luke 12:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:2 (4 votes)

    For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

  • 2 Samuel 11:4 (4 votes)

    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

  • 2 Samuel 11:15 (4 votes)

    And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:14 (4 votes)

    For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.