2 Samuel 12:7 (DRB)

Passage

And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 12:5 And David's anger being exceedingly kindled against that man, he said to Nathan: As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this is a child of death.

2 Samuel 12:6 He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.

2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

2 Samuel 12:8 And gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and Juda: and if these things be little, I shall add far greater things unto thee.

2 Samuel 12:9 Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nathan", "said", "david", "thou", "thus", "saith", "lord", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nathan" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "He shall restore the ewe fourfold because..." into verse 8's "And gave thee thy master's house and...", so "nathan" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nathan" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.