Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
New American Standard Bible
David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness.
International Standard Version
So David sent some messengers, took her from her home, and she went to him, and he had sex with her. (She had been consecrating herself following her menstrual separation.) Then she returned to her home.
A Conservative Version
And David sent messengers, and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness), and she returned to her house.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And David will send messengers and take her: and she will come in to him, and he will lie with her; (and she being consecrated from her uncleanness:) and she will turn back to her house.
King James 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And David sent messengers and fetched her, and she came unto him, and he lay with her. And she was straightway purified of her uncleanness, and returned unto her house.
NET Bible
David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.
New Heart English Bible
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
The Emphasized Bible
And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness, - and she returned unto her own house.
Webster
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.
World English Bible
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » David
Bastard » Instances of » David's child by bath-sheba
Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Adultery of
Chastity » Temptation to deviate from, dangerous
Covetousness » Instances of » David, of bath-sheba
David » King of israel » Commits adultery with bath-sheba
Defilement » Caused by » Menses
Instability » Instances of » David, in yielding to lust
Lasciviousness » Instances of » David
Purification » For women » After menstruation
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » David » Adultery
Uriah (urias) » One of david's mighty men » David's adultery with the wife of
Women » Instances of » Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 11:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Commits Adultery With Bathsheba
3 and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, 'Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?' 4 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; 5 and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, 'I am conceiving.'
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Cross References
Leviticus 18:19
'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
James 1:14-15
and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
Leviticus 12:2-5
'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, A woman when she giveth seed, and hath born a male, then she hath been unclean seven days, according to the days of separation for her sickness she is unclean;
Genesis 39:7
And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;'
Leviticus 15:19-33
And when a woman hath an issue -- blood is her issue in her flesh -- seven days she is in her separation, and any one who is coming against her is unclean till the evening.
Job 31:9-11
If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
Psalm 50:18
If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.
Psalm 51:1-19
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
Proverbs 30:20
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'