2 Samuel 11:7
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel 11:7 in other translations
| BSB | When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war. |
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| WEB | When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. |
| ASV | And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered. |
| BBE | And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going. |
| Webster | And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. |
What does 2 Samuel 11:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:6-13
Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.
2 Samuel 11:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 11:7
- 1 Samuel 17:22
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
- Genesis 37:14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 29:6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:7
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- 2 Samuel 11:8
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.
2 Samuel 11:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como Uría vino á él, preguntóle David por la salud de Joab, y por la salud del pueblo, y asimismo de la guerra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Urie vint vers lui; et David s’enquit de l’état de Joab, et de l’état du peuple, et de l’état de la guerre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Urija kam zu ihm; und David fragte nach dem Wohlergehen Joabs und nach dem Wohlergehen des Volkes und nach dem Stande des Streites. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et venit Urias ad David. Quæsivitque David quam recte ageret Joab et populus, et quomodo administraretur bellum. |