2 Samuel 12:12 (GNV)

Passage

For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 12:10 Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Samuel 12:11 Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I will rayse vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne.

2 Samuel 12:12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

2 Samuel 12:13 Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan, I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan sayde vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not die.

2 Samuel 12:14 Howbeit because by this deede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely die.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "diddest", "secretly", "before", "israel", and "sunne". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "diddest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Thus sayth the Lord Behold I will..." into verse 13's "Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan I haue...", so "thou" and "diddest" 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 "thou" and "diddest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.