Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
revolution
of
the year
--
at the time of
the
going
out of
the
messengers
--
that
David sendeth
Joab ,
and his servants with him,
and
all
Israel ,
and
they destroy
the Bene-Ammon,
and lay
siege
against
Rabbah .
And
David is
dwelling
in Jerusalem ,
In
the spring,
at the time when
kings
march
out to
war,
David sent
out
Joab and his servants with the
whole
army
of
Israel .
They destroyed
the Ammonites
and besieged
Rabbah ,
but
David remained
in Jerusalem .
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
evening -time,
that
David riseth
from off
his couch,
and
walketh
up
and down
on the roof of the king's
house,
and seeth
from the roof a woman bathing ,
and
the
woman
`is'
of
very good
appearance,
One
evening David got
up
from his bed
and strolled
around
on the roof of the palace.
And from the roof he
saw
a woman bathing —a
very beautiful
woman.
and
David sendeth
and inquireth
about the woman, and saith
, `Is
not
this Bath-Sheba
, daughter of Eliam ,
wife of Uriah the Hittite ?'
So
David sent
and inquired
about the woman, and he
was
told
, “
This is
Bathsheba
, the
daughter of Eliam and
the
wife of Uriah the Hittite .”
And
David sendeth
messengers ,
and
taketh
her, and she cometh
unto
him, and
he lieth
with her --
and
she is
purifying
herself from her uncleanness --
and
she turneth
back
unto
her
house;
Then
David sent
messengers to
get
her, and when
she came
to
him, he slept
with her .
(Now
she had
just
purified
herself from her uncleanness .)
Then
she returned
home.
and the woman conceiveth,
and
sendeth,
and declareth
to David, and
saith
, `
I `
am '
conceiving
. '
And the woman conceived
and sent
word
to David, saying
, “
I am pregnant
. ”
And
David sendeth
unto
Joab ,
`
Send unto
me Uriah the Hittite ,'
and
Joab sendeth
Uriah
unto
David ;
At
this,
David sent
orders
to
Joab :
“
Send me Uriah the Hittite .”
So
Joab sent
him
to
David .
and
Uriah cometh
unto
him, and
David asketh
of
the
prosperity
of
Joab ,
and of
the prosperity
of
the
people,
and
of
the
prosperity
of
the war.
When
Uriah came
to
him, David asked
how
Joab and the troops
were
doing
with
the war.
And
David
saith
to Uriah, `
Go down to thy
house ,
and wash thy
feet ;'
and
Uriah goeth
out
of
the king's
house
, and there
goeth
out
after
him
a gift from the king ,
Then
he
said
to Uriah, “
Go down to your
house and wash your
feet .”
So
Uriah left
the palace
, and a gift from the king followed
him.
and
Uriah lieth
down
at the opening
of the king's
house,
with all the
servants
of
his lord,
and
hath
not gone
down unto
his house.
But
Uriah slept
at the door
of the palace
with all his master’s
servants;
he
did
not go
down to
his house.
And they
declare
to
David ,
saying
, `Uriah
hath
not
gone
down
unto
his
house;'
and
David
saith
unto
Uriah ,
`Hast
thou
not come
from a journey? wherefore
hast
thou
not
gone
down
unto
thy
house
? '
And David was
told
, “
Uriah did
not go
home.”
“Haven’t
you
just
arrived
from a journey? ”
David
asked
Uriah.
“Why
didn’t
you
go
home
? ”
And
Uriah saith
unto
David
, `
The ark ,
and Israel ,
and Judah ,
are abiding
in booths
, and my lord
Joab ,
and the
servants
of
my
lord,
on
the
face
of
the field are
encamping;
and
I
--
I go in
unto
my house to eat and to
drink ,
and to
lie
with my wife !
--
thy
life
, and the
life
of
thy
soul --
if
I do this
thing .'
Uriah answered
, “
The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling
in tents
, and my master
Joab and his
soldiers
are
camped
in
the open
field .
How
can
I go to
my house to eat and drink and sleep
with my wife ?
As
surely
as
you
live
, and as
your
soul lives,
I will
not
do such
a
thing !”
And
David
saith
unto
Uriah
, `Abide
in
this
`place'
also
to -day
, and to-morrow
I send thee
away;'
and
Uriah abideth
in Jerusalem ,
on
that day ,
and on
the morrow,
“Stay
here
one
more
day
, ”
David
said
to Uriah
, “
and tomorrow
I will
send you
back.”
So
Uriah stayed
in Jerusalem that day and the next.
and
David calleth
for
him,
and he
eateth
before
him, and drinketh,
and
he causeth
him
to
drink,
and he
goeth
out
in the evening to lie on his couch
with the
servants
of
his lord
, and
unto
his
house
he hath
not gone
down
.
Then
David invited
Uriah
to
eat
and drink
with
him, and he got
Uriah
drunk.
And in the evening Uriah
went
out
to lie down
on his cot
with his master’s
servants
, but
he did
not go
home
.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
in
the morning ,
that
David writeth
a letter unto
Joab ,
and sendeth
by
the
hand
of
Uriah ;
The next
morning David wrote
a letter to
Joab and sent
it
with
Uriah .
and
he
writeth
in the letter ,
saying,
`Place
ye
Uriah over-against
the front of the severest
battle ,
and
ye
have
turned
back
from after
him, and
he hath
been
smitten,
and hath
died
. '
In the letter he
wrote:
“Put
Uriah at
the front of the fiercest
battle ;
then
withdraw
from him, so
that
he may
be
struck
down
and killed
. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass
in
Joab's
watching
of
the city, that
he appointeth
Uriah unto
the
place where he knew
that
valiant
men
`are';
So
as
Joab
besieged
the city, he assigned
Uriah to
a
place where he saw
the
strongest
enemy
soldiers.
and the men of the city go
out and fight
with
Joab, and
there
fall
`
some '
of the
people,
of
the
servants of
David;
and there
dieth
also
Uriah the Hittite.
And when
the men of the city came
out and fought
against
Joab, some of David’s
servants fell,
and Uriah the Hittite also
died
.
And
Joab sendeth
and
declareth
to David all
the
matters
of the war,
Joab sent
to David a
full
account
of the battle
and commandeth
the messenger, saying,
`At
thy
finishing
all the matters
of the war
to
speak
unto
the
king
,
and instructed
the messenger, “When
you
have
finished
giving
the
king
all the details
of the battle
,
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?
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?
Who smote
Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did
not a woman cast
on him a
piece
of
a
rider
from the wall, and
he dieth
in Thebez? why drew
ye
nigh
unto
the wall? that
thou
hast
said
, Also
thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead. '
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
. ’”
And
the messenger goeth,
and
cometh
in,
and declareth
to David all that with
which
Joab sent him ,
So
the messenger set
out
and reported
to David all that Joab had
sent him to
say.
and
the messenger saith
unto
David, `Surely
the men have
been
mighty
against
us ,
and come
out unto
us into
the field, and
we are
upon
them unto
the opening
of the gate ,
The messenger said
to
David, “
The men overpowered
us and came
out against
us in
the field, but
we drove
them back
to
the entrance
of the gate .
and
those
shooting
shoot
at thy
servants from off
the wall, and `
some '
of the servants of
the
king
are
dead,
and also,
thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.
Then
the
archers
shot
at your
servants from the wall, and some of the king’s
servants were
killed.
And your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as
well
. ”
And
David saith
unto
the messenger, `Thus
dost
thou
say unto
Joab ,
Let
not this thing
be
evil
in
thine
eyes;
for thus
and
thus
doth
the sword devour;
strengthen thy
warfare
against the city ,
and throw
it down
--
and
strengthen
thou
him. '
Then
David told
the messenger, “
Say this
to
Joab :
‘Do
not let
this matter
upset
you,
for the sword devours
one
as
well
as
another.
Strengthen your
attack
against the city and demolish
it .’
Encourage
him with
these
words
. ”
And
the
wife of
Uriah
heareth
that Uriah
her husband `is'
dead, and
lamenteth
for her
lord;
When
Uriah’s
wife heard
that her husband was
dead, she
mourned
for him.
and the mourning passeth
by
, and
David sendeth
and
gathereth
her unto
his house, and she is
to
him
for
a
wife ,
and beareth
to
him a son ;
and
the thing which
David hath
done is
evil in the eyes
of Jehovah
.
And when
the time
of
mourning was
over
, David had
her brought
to
his house, and she became
his
wife and bore
him a son .
But
the thing that
David had
done was
evil in the sight
of the
LORD
.
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