Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And it came
to pass, after
the year was
expired,
at the time when
kings
go
forth
to
battle,
that David sent
Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel ;
and they destroyed
the children
of
Ammon, and besieged
Rabbah. But
David tarried
still
at
Jerusalem .
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 ,
And it came
to pass in
an
eveningtide
, that David arose
from off his bed
, and walked
upon
the roof of the king's house :
and from the roof he
saw
a woman washing
herself;
and the woman was
very beautiful
to
look
upon.
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,
And David sent
and inquired
after
the woman .
And one
said
, Is not this Bathsheba
, the
daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite?
and David sendeth
and inquireth
about
the woman ,
and saith
, `
Is not this Bath-Sheba
, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite? '
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 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 ;
And the woman conceived
, and sent
and told
David, and said
, I am with
child
.
and the woman conceiveth
, and sendeth,
and declareth
to
David, and saith
, `
I `
am '
conceiving
. '
And David sent
to
Joab, saying,
Send me Uriah the Hittite .
And Joab sent
Uriah to
David .
And David sendeth
unto
Joab, `
Send unto
me Uriah the Hittite ,'
and Joab sendeth
Uriah unto
David ;
And when
Uriah was
come
unto him, David demanded
of him
how
Joab did
, and how
the people did
, and how
the war prospered
.
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.
And David said
to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet .
And Uriah departed
out of the king's house, and there followed
him a mess
of
meat
from the king .
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 ,
But
Uriah slept
at the door
of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went
not down to
his house.
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.
And when
they had
told
David, saying, Uriah went
not down unto his house ,
David said
unto Uriah, Camest
thou not from thy
journey? why
then
didst
thou not go
down unto thine
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 Uriah said
unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide
in tents;
and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are
encamped
in
the open
fields
; shall
I then
go into
mine
house ,
to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife ?
as
thou
livest
, and as
thy soul liveth,
I will
not
do this thing.
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. '
And David said
to
Uriah, Tarry
here
to day also
, and to morrow I will
let
thee depart.
So
Uriah abode
in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow .
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 ,
And when
David had
called
him, he
did
eat
and drink
before him ;
and he made
him drunk:
and at
even
he went
out to lie on his bed
with the servants of his lord, but
went
not
down
to
his house.
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
.
And it came
to pass in the morning, that David wrote
a letter to
Joab, and sent
it
by the hand of Uriah .
And it cometh
to pass in the morning, that David writeth
a letter unto
Joab, and sendeth
by the hand of Uriah ;
And he wrote
in the letter, saying, Set
ye Uriah in
the forefront
of the hottest
battle, and retire
ye from him, that
he may
be
smitten, and die
.
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
. '
And it came
to pass ,
when
Joab
observed
the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a
place where he knew that valiant men were.
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';
And the men of the city went
out ,
and fought
with Joab :
and there fell
some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died
also
.
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.
Then
Joab sent
and told
David all the things
concerning
the war ;
And
Joab sendeth
and declareth
to
David all the matters
of
the war ,
And charged
the messenger, saying, When
thou
hast
made
an
end
of
telling
the matters of the war unto the king,
and commandeth
the messenger, saying, `At
thy
finishing
all
the matters of the war to
speak
unto the king,
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?
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?
Who smote Abimelech the
son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone
upon
him
from the wall, that
he died
in Thebez? why went
ye nigh the wall? then
say
thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
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. '
So
the messenger went
, and came
and showed
David all that Joab had
sent him for.
And
the messenger goeth
, and cometh
in,
and declareth
to
David all that with
which
Joab sent him ,
And the messenger said
unto David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came
out unto us into the field, and we were
upon them even
unto the entering
of the gate .
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 ,
And the
shooters
shot
from off the wall upon
thy
servants;
and some of the king's
servants be
dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
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
David said
unto the messenger, Thus shalt
thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease
thee,
for the sword devoureth
one
as
well
as
another:
make
thy battle
more
strong
against the city, and overthrow
it :
and encourage
thou him.
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. '
And when
the wife of Uriah heard
that Uriah her husband was
dead, she
mourned
for her husband.
And the wife of Uriah heareth
that Uriah her husband `is'
dead, and
lamenteth
for her lord;
And when
the mourning was
past
, David sent
and fetched
her to
his house, and she became
his
wife, and bare
him a son .
But
the thing that
David had
done displeased
the LORD
.
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
.
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