2 Samuel 11:4

What does 2 Samuel 11:4 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 11:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

Context

v.3And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

v.4This passage

v.5And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 30:20

    So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Psalms 51:1

    Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

  • Psalms 50:18

    When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • Leviticus 18:19

    And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

  • James 1:14

    but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

  • Job 31:9

    If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

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