2 Samuel 12:12
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For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

secretly

2 Samuel 11:4,8,13,15 And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness: . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:14 And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

Luke 12:1,2 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not 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 from God.

Context
Nathan Rebukes David
11Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:4
And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

2 Samuel 16:22
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

Lexicon
You
אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have acted
עָשִׂ֣יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

in secret,
בַסָּ֑תֶר (ḇas·sā·ṯer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy

but I
וַאֲנִ֗י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

will do
אֶעֱשֶׂה֙ (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this thing
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

in broad daylight
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

before
נֶ֥גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel.’”
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

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

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

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

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

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

For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

for thou hast done it in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
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