Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Wycliffe Bible

2 Samuel 11:5

And sche turnede ayen in to hir hows, with child conseyued; and sche sente, and telde to Dauid, and seide, Y haue conseyued.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Bastard;   Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Covetousness;   David;   Instability;   Lasciviousness;   Temptation;   Uriah;   Wife;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Uriah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Concubine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bath-Sheba;   David;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mother;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Marriage;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Uriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Uriah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bathsheba;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.”
Hebrew Names Version
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
King James Version
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Lexham English Bible
The woman became pregnant, and she sent and told David, and she said, "I am pregnant."
English Standard Version
And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
New Century Version
But Bathsheba became pregnant and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
New English Translation
The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, "I'm pregnant."
Amplified Bible
The woman conceived; and she sent word and told David, "I am pregnant."
New American Standard Bible
But the woman conceived; so she sent word and informed David, and said, "I am pregnant."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the woman conceiued: therefore shee sent and tolde Dauid, & sayd, I am with childe.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the woman became pregnant; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant."
Contemporary English Version
But later, when she found out that she was going to have a baby, she sent someone to David with this message: "I'm pregnant!"
Complete Jewish Bible
The woman conceived; and she sent a message to David, "I am pregnant."
Darby Translation
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later, Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to him saying, "I am pregnant."
George Lamsa Translation
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David and said to him, I am with child.
Good News Translation
Afterward she discovered that she was pregnant and sent a message to David to tell him.
Literal Translation
And the woman conceived, and sent, and told David. And she said, I am with child.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the woma was with childe, and sent, and caused to tell Dauid and to saye: I am with childe.
American Standard Version
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Bible in Basic English
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the woman conceaued, and sent and tolde Dauid, & sayde: I am with childe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'
King James Version (1611)
And the woman conceiued, and sent and tolde Dauid, and said, I am with childe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
English Revised Version
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Berean Standard Bible
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
Young's Literal Translation
and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I [am] conceiving.'
Update Bible Version
And the woman became pregnant; and she sent and told David, and said, I am pregnant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child.
World English Bible
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
New King James Version
And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child."
New Living Translation
Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, "I'm pregnant."
New Life Bible
She was going to have a baby, so she sent someone to tell David, "I am going to have a baby."
New Revised Standard
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the woman, having conceived, sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.
Revised Standard Version
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, "I am with child."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant."

Contextual Overview

1 Forsothe it was doon, whanne the yeer turnede ayen in that tyme wherynne kyngis ben wont to go forth to batels, Dauid sente Joab, and with hym hise seruauntis, and al Israel; and thei distrieden the sones of Amon, and bisegiden Rabath; forsothe Dauid dwellide in Jerusalem. 2 While these thingis weren doon, it befelde, that Dauid roos in a dai fro his bed after mydday, and walkide in the soler of the kyngis hows; and he siy a womman waischynge hir silf euen ayens on hir soler; sotheli the womman was ful fair. 3 Therfor the kyng sente, and enqueride, what womman it was; and it was teld to hym, that sche was Bersabee, the douytir of Heliam, and was the wijf of Vrye Ethei. 4 Therfor bi messangeris sent Dauid took hir; and whanne sche entride to hym, he slepte with hir, and anoon sche was halewid fro hir vnclenesse. 5 And sche turnede ayen in to hir hows, with child conseyued; and sche sente, and telde to Dauid, and seide, Y haue conseyued.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am with child: Deuteronomy 22:22, Proverbs 6:34

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:14 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Genesis 11:14
Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
Genesis 11:23
and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Genesis 11:24
Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
Genesis 18:21
and schal se whether thei han fillid in werk the cry that cam to me, that Y wite whether it is not so.
Exodus 3:8
And Y knew the sorewe of the puple, and Y cam down to delyuere it fro the hondis of Egipcians, and lede out of that lond in to a good lond and brood, into a lond that flowith with milk and hony, to the places of Cananey, and of Ethei, of Amorrey, and of Feresei, of Euey, and of Jebusei.
Exodus 19:11
and be thei redi in to the thridde dai; for in the thridde dai the Lord schal come doun bifore al the puple on the hil of Synai.
Exodus 19:18
Forsothe al the hil of Synai smokide, for the Lord hadde come doun theronne in fier; and smoke stiede therof as of a furneis, and al the hil was ferdful;
Exodus 19:20
and the Lord cam doun on the hil of Synay, in thilke cop of the hil, and clepide Moises to the cop therof. And whanne he hadde stied thidur,
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his hooli temple; he is Lord, his seete is in heuene. Hise iyen biholden on a pore man; hise iyelidis axen the sones of men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the woman conceived,.... Whereby the sin would be discovered, and shame, and disgrace, or worse, would follow upon it:

and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child; this message she sent to David, that he might think of some ways and means to prevent the scandal that would fall both upon him and her, and the danger she was exposed unto; fearing the outcries of the people against her, in acting so unfaithful a part to her husband, so brave a man, who was now fighting for his king and country; and the rage and jealousy of her husband when he should come to the knowledge of it, and the death which by the law she was guilty of, even to be stoned with stones, see John 8:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 11:5. And the woman conceived — A proof of the observation on 2 Samuel 11:4; as that is the time in which women are most apt to conceive.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile