2 Samuel 11:6

Contemporary English Version

David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent Uriah

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hethite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Hebrew Names Version
David sent to Yo'av, [saying], Send me Uriyah the Hittite. Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.

King James Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Lexham English Bible
So David sent to Joab, "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

English Standard Version
So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New Century Version
So David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New English Translation
So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Amplified Bible
Then David sent word to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

New American Standard Bible
Then David sent word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Vriah the Hittite. And Ioab sent Vriah to Dauid.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Complete Jewish Bible
David sent this order to Yo'av: "Send me Uriyah the Hitti." Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.

Darby Translation
And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.

Easy-to-Read Version
David sent a message to Joab. "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

George Lamsa Translation
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Good News Translation
David then sent a message to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.

Literal Translation
And David sent to Joab, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dauid sent vnto Ioab (sayege:) Sende me Vrias ye Hethite. And Ioab sent Vrias vnto Dauid.

American Standard Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Bible in Basic English
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid sent to Ioab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Ioab sent Urias to Dauid.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David sent to Joab[, saying]: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Ioab sent Uriah to Dauid.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.

English Revised Version
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, David sent orders to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid sente to Joab, and seide, Sende thou Vrye Ethei to me; and Joab sente Vrye to Dauid.

Young's Literal Translation
And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

Update Bible Version
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

World English Bible
David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. Joab sent Uriah to David.

New King James Version
Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New Living Translation
Then David sent word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.

New Life Bible
Then David sent men to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

New Revised Standard
So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent David unto Joab, Send unto me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah unto David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

Revised Standard Version
So David sent word to Jo'ab, "Send me Uri'ah the Hittite." And Jo'ab sent Uri'ah to David.

THE MESSAGE
David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Contextual Overview

⁶ David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent Uriah ⁷ to David's palace, and David asked him, "Is Joab well? How is the army doing? And how about the war?" ⁸ Then David told Uriah, "Go home and clean up." Uriah left the king's palace, and David had dinner sent to Uriah's house. ⁹ But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept outside the entrance to the royal palace, where the king's guards slept. ¹⁰ Someone told David that Uriah had not gone home. So the next morning David asked him, "Why didn't you go home? Haven't you been away for a long time?" ¹¹ Uriah answered, "The sacred chest and the armies of Israel and Judah are camping out somewhere in the fields with our commander Joab and his officers and troops. Do you really think I would go home to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? I swear by your life that I would not!" ¹² Then David said, "Stay here in Jerusalem today, and I will send you back tomorrow." Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day. Then the next day, ¹³ David invited him for dinner. Uriah ate with David and drank so much that he got drunk, but he still did not go home. He went out and slept on his mat near the palace guards.

Bible Verse Review
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Send me: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 38:18-23, 1 Samuel 15:30, Job 20:12-14, Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 26:70, Matthew 26:72, Matthew 26:74

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:21 - they are hid 1 Samuel 26:6 - Hittite 2 Samuel 20:22 - And Joab 2 Samuel 23:39 - Uriah 1 Chronicles 1:13 - Heth 1 Chronicles 11:41 - Uriah

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
The Lord said, "These people now know the difference between right and wrong, just as we do. But they must not be allowed to eat fruit from the tree that lets them live forever."

Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21
The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Genesis 9:19
All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.

Genesis 11:1
At first everyone spoke the same language,

1 Kings 18:27
At noon, Elijah began making fun of them. "Pray louder!" he said. "Baal must be a god. Maybe he's day-dreaming or using the toilet or traveling somewhere. Or maybe he's asleep, and you have to wake him up."

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.

Luke 1:51
The Lord has used his powerful arm to scatter those who are proud.

Acts 17:26
From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David sent to Joab,.... Who was with the army besieging Rabbah, which, according to Bunting k, was sixty four miles from Jerusalem:

[saying], send me Uriah the Hittite; the scheme David had contrived in his mind was to get Uriah home to his wife for a few days, that it might be thought the child she had conceived was his, whereby the sin of David, and her own, might be concealed:

and Joab sent Uriah to David; not knowing his business, and besides it was his duty to obey his command.

k Travels, &c. p. 146.