2 Samuel 11:26
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 11:26 in other translations
| BSB | When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. |
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| WEB | When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. |
| ASV | And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband. |
| YLT | And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband is dead, and lamenteth for her lord; |
| DARBY | And the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband. |
| BBE | And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him. |
| Webster | And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. |
What does 2 Samuel 11:26 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 11:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 11:26
- 2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 3:31
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
- Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 11:25
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.
- 2 Samuel 11:26
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
- 2 Samuel 11:27
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.
2 Samuel 11:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y oyendo la mujer de Uría que su marido Uría era muerto, hizo duelo por su marido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la femme d’Urie apprit qu’Urie, son mari, était mort, et elle se lamenta sur son mari. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als das Weib Urijas hörte, daß Urija, ihr Mann, tot war, klagte sie um ihren Gatten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audivit autem uxor Uriæ quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus, et planxit eum. |