2 Samuel 11:20
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?
2 Samuel 11:20 in other translations
| BSB | 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? |
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| WEB | it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall? |
| ASV | it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? |
| YLT | 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? |
| DARBY | and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall? |
| BBE | If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? |
| Webster | And if the king's wrath shall rise, and he shall say to thee, Why approached ye so nigh to the city for the fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? |
What does 2 Samuel 11:20 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:14-27
Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we…
2 Samuel 11:20 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Samuel 11:19
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
- 2 Samuel 11:20
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?
- 2 Samuel 11:21
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.
2 Samuel 11:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si el rey comenzare á enojarse, y te dijere: ¿Por qué os acercasteis á la ciudad peleando? ¿no sabíais lo que suelen arrojar del muro? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | s’il arrive que la fureur du roi monte, et qu’il te dise: Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés de la ville pour combattre? Ne savez-vous pas qu’on tire de dessus la muraille? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so geschehe es, wenn der Grimm des Königs aufsteigt, und er zu dir spricht: Warum habt ihr euch der Stadt genähert, um zu streiten? wußtet ihr nicht, daß sie von der Mauer herab schießen würden? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | si eum videris indignari, et dixerit: Quare accessistis ad murum, ut præliaremini? an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur? |