2 Samuel 11:19

Bible in Basic English

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He commanded the messenger, “When you’ve finished telling the king all the details of the battle—

Hebrew Names Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

King James Version
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

Lexham English Bible
He instructed the messenger, saying, "As you are finishing to speak all the news of the battle to the king,

English Standard Version
And he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,

New Century Version
Joab told the messenger, "Tell King David what happened in the war.

New English Translation
He instructed the messenger as follows: "When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

Amplified Bible
And he commanded the messenger, "When you have finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,

New American Standard Bible
He ordered the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

Legacy Standard Bible
And he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Contemporary English Version
He gave the messenger these orders: When you finish telling the king everything that has happened,

Complete Jewish Bible
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling the king all the news about the war,

Darby Translation
and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

Easy-to-Read Version
Joab told the messenger to tell King David what had happened in the battle.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joab charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling everything which took place in the battle to the king,

Good News Translation
and he instructed the messenger, "After you have told the king all about the battle,

Literal Translation
And he commanded the messenger, saying, As you finish all the matters of the war, speaking to the king,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and comaunded the messaunger, and sayde: Whan thou hast tolde ye kynge all the matter concernynge the batayll,

American Standard Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the king:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

King James Version (1611)
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the King;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,

English Revised Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Berean Standard Bible
and instructed the messenger, "When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he comaundyde to the messanger, and seide, Whanne thou hast fillid alle wordis of the batel to the kyng,

Young's Literal Translation
and commandeth the messenger, saying, `At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king,

Update Bible Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

Webster's Bible Translation
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

World English Bible
and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

New King James Version
and charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king,

New Living Translation
He told his messenger, "Report all the news of the battle to the king.

New Life Bible
Joab told the man, "When you have finished telling the king all about the war,

New Revised Standard
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling the king all the news about the fighting,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he charged the messenger saying, - When thou hast ended all the news of the battle, in speaking unto the king,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,

Revised Standard Version
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab. ¹⁵ And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death. ¹⁶ So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were. ¹⁷ And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite. ¹⁸ Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war: ¹⁹ And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war, ²⁰ If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? ²¹ 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? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead. ²² 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? ²³ And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And charged the messenger,.... Gave him a particular direction and instruction what he should say at the close of his narrative, according as he should observe the king's countenance to be:

saying, when thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king; giving an account of all the events that happened since the siege was begun to that time.