Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
New American Standard Bible
So the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
King James Version
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Holman Bible
Then the messenger left.
When he arrived, he reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
International Standard Version
So the messenger left Joab, set out for Jerusalem, and disclosed to David everything that Joab had sent him to say.
American Standard Version
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Amplified
So the messenger left, and he came and told David everything that Joab had sent him to report.
Bible in Basic English
So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
Darby Translation
And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
Julia Smith Translation
And the messenger will go, and come and announce to David all that for which Joab sent him.
King James 2000
So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the messenger left, and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him [to say].
Modern King James verseion
And the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the messengers went and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him with,
NET Bible
So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.
New Heart English Bible
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
The Emphasized Bible
And the messenger went his way, - and came in, and told David, all that Joab had sent him to tell .
Webster
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
World English Bible
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,
Themes
David » King of israel » Wickedly causes the death of uriah
Joab » Son of david's sister » Captures rabbah
Lasciviousness » Instances of » David
Uriah (urias) » One of david's mighty men » David compasses the death of
Interlinear
Yalak
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 11:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Commits Adultery With Bathsheba
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did ye go so near the wall? Then thou shall say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.