For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
For when David had risen in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
For when David was up - It is supposed that David's contrition arose from the reproof given by Gad, and that in the order of time the reproof came before the confession stated in the 10th verse.
David's seer - A holy man of God, under the Divine influence, whom David had as a domestic chaplain.
David's seer - Margin, references. From the latter passage it is probable that we have here Gad's narrative.