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2 Samuel 12:9-11
New King James Version
2 Samuel 12:9-11
New King James Version
9 (A)Why have you (B)despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? (C)You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, (D)the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will (E)take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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2 Samuel 12:9-11
New International Version
2 Samuel 12:9-11
New International Version
9 Why did you despise(A) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(B) Uriah(C) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(D) him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword(E) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(F) I am going to bring calamity on you.(G) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(H)
2 Samuel 12:9-11
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 12:9-11
English Standard Version
9 (A)Why have you despised the word of the Lord, (B)to do what is evil in his sight? (C)You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and (D)have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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2 Samuel 12:9-11
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 12:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 Why have you despised the word of Yahweh by doing evil in his eyes?[a] Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to yourself as wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites![b] 10 So then, a sword will not turn away from your house forever, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife!’ 11 Thus says Yahweh, ‘Look, I am going to raise up evil against you from within your house, and I will take your women before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor, and he shall sleep with your wives in broad daylight.[c]
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- 2 Samuel 12:9 Thus Kethib; the reading tradition (Qere) reads “my eyes”
- 2 Samuel 12:9 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- 2 Samuel 12:11 Literally “before the eyes of this sun”
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