Context 20and if it happens that the kings wrath rises and he says to you, Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 21Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22So the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell. 23The messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate. 24Moreover, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the kings servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead. 25Then David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab, Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it; and so encourage him. 26Now when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27When the time of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD. Parallel Verses American Standard Versionit shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? Douay-Rheims Bible If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall? Darby Bible Translation and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall? English Revised Version it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? Webster's Bible Translation And if the king's wrath shall rise, and he shall say to thee, Why approached ye so nigh to the city for the fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? World English Bible it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he asks you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall? Young's Literal Translation then, it hath been, if the king's fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall? Library David's Fall 2Sam 11:27… John Newton—Olney Hymns How those are to be Admonished with whom Everything Succeeds According to their Wish, and those with whom Nothing Does. The Sixth Commandment Samuel Links 2 Samuel 11:20 NIV • 2 Samuel 11:20 NLT • 2 Samuel 11:20 ESV • 2 Samuel 11:20 NASB • 2 Samuel 11:20 KJV • 2 Samuel 11:20 Bible Apps • 2 Samuel 11:20 Parallel • Bible Hub |