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  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 3 but the poor man had nothing but one small female lamb, which he had bought.+ He cared for it, and it grew up together with him and his sons. It would eat from the little food he had and drink from his cup and sleep in his arms. It became as a daughter to him.

  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 3 but the man of little means had nothing but one female lamb, a small one, that he had bought.+ And he was preserving it alive, and it was growing up with him and with his sons, all together. From his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie, and it came to be as a daughter to him.

  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    The Bible in Living English
    • 3 the poor man had nothing at all but one little lamb which he had bought and raised, and it had grown up in company with him and his children; it ate of his crusts, and drank from his cup, and slept in his arms, and was like a daughter to him.

  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    American Standard Version
    • 3 but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 3 whereas the poor man had nothing—save one little lamb, which he had made his own, and sustained, and it had grown up with him and with his children, all together,—of his own morsel used it to eat, and out of his own cup used it to drink, and in his own bosom used it to lie, and it was to him as a daughter.

  • 2 Samuel 12:3
    King James Version
    • 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

  • 2 Samuel
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:3 g72 7/8 6-7

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