2 Samuel 11:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 11:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 11:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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?”
2 Samuel 11:20 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 11:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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? ”
2 Samuel 11:20 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 11:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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?”
2 Samuel 11:20 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 11:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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? ”
2 Samuel 11:20 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 11:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And if the kings anger arise, so that he say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye vnto the citie to fight? knewe ye not that they would hurle from the wall?”
2 Samuel 11:20 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 11:20 in Context — 2 Samuel 11
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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?
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.
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
What Does 2 Samuel 11:20 Mean?
2 Samuel 11:20 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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