2 Samuel 11:25 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 11:25 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 11:25 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 11:25 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.””
2 Samuel 11:25 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 11:25 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 11:25 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 11:25 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And David saith unto the messenger, `Thus dost thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing be evil in thine eyes; for thus and thus doth the sword devour; strengthen thy warfare against the city, and throw it down--and strengthen thou him.'”
2 Samuel 11:25 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 11:25 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle strong against the city, and overthrow it; — and encourage him. ”
2 Samuel 11:25 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 11:25 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Dauid said vnto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say vnto Ioab, Let not this thing trouble thee: for the sworde deuoureth one as well as another: make thy battell more strong against the citie and destroy it, and encourage thou him.”
2 Samuel 11:25 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 11:25 in Context — 2 Samuel 11
23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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.
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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.
What Does 2 Samuel 11:25 Mean?
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