2 Samuel 11:20
18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21 Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
22 So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
- KJV
- And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
- WEB
- 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?
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- 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?
- BLB
- and it comes to pass that if the wrath of the king rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you⁺ approach so near to the city when you fought? Did not you⁺ know that they would shoot from the wall?
- ÅB
- og det skulle hende at kongens vrede tennes opp, og han sier til deg: Hvorfor gikk dere så nær inn til byen under striden? Visste dere ikke at de ville skyte ned fra muren?
- OTB
- og hvis kongens vrede oppstår og han sier til deg, 'Hvorfor nærmet dere dere byen så tett for å kjempe? Visste dere ikke at de ville skyte fra muren?
- B1930
- og det skulde hende at kongens vrede optendes, og han sier til dig: Hvorfor gikk I så nær inn til byen under striden? Visste I ikke at de vilde skyte ned fra muren?