2 Samuel 11:5
3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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
- And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
- KJV
- And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
- WEB
- The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
- ASV
- And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
- DARBY
- And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
- BLB
- And the woman conceived. And she sent and told David and said, “I [am] pregnant.”
- ÅB
- Kvinnen ble fruktsommelig; og hun sendte bud om det til David og lot si: Jeg er fruktsommelig.
- OTB
- Og kvinnen ble med barn; så hun sendte bud til David og sa: "Jeg er gravid."
- B1930
- Kvinnen blev fruktsommelig; og hun sendte bud om det til David og lot si: Jeg er fruktsommelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
Read in contextProverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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