“However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the LORD’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 12 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.