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2Sa 12:5 Strong Concordance And David's [01732] anger [0639] was greatly [03966] kindled [02734] against the man [0376]; and he said [0559] to Nathan [05416], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], the man [0376] that hath done [06213] this thing shall surely [01121] die [04194]:
  King James And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the man that hath done this thing shall surely die--This punishment was more severe than the case deserved, or than was warranted by the divine statute (Exo 22:1). The sympathies of the king had been deeply enlisted, his indignation aroused, but his conscience was still asleep; and at the time when he was most fatally indulgent to his own sins, he was most ready to condemn the delinquencies and errors of others.
 
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1 If a man [0376] shall steal [01589] an ox [07794], or a sheep [07716], and kill [02873] it, or sell [04376] it; he shall restore [07999] five [02568] oxen [01241] for an ox [07794], and four [0702] sheep [06629] for a sheep [07716].
31 And he brought forth [03318] the people [05971] that were therein, and put [07760] them under saws [04050], and under harrows [02757] of iron [01270], and under axes [04037] of iron [01270], and made them pass [05674] through the brickkiln [04404]: and thus did [06213] he unto all the cities [05892] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]. So David [01732] and all the people [05971] returned [07725] unto Jerusalem [03389].
1 If a man [0376] shall steal [01589] an ox [07794], or a sheep [07716], and kill [02873] it, or sell [04376] it; he shall restore [07999] five [02568] oxen [01241] for an ox [07794], and four [0702] sheep [06629] for a sheep [07716].
1 If a man [0376] shall steal [01589] an ox [07794], or a sheep [07716], and kill [02873] it, or sell [04376] it; he shall restore [07999] five [02568] oxen [01241] for an ox [07794], and four [0702] sheep [06629] for a sheep [07716].