David Arranges Uriah’s Death
2 Samuel 11:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
- ASV
- And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
- LSV
- and those shooting shoot at your servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
- YLT
- and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.
- DBY
- And the shooters shot from upon the wall against thy servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.
- DRC
- And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king’s servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.
- GNV
- But the shooters shot from ye wall against thy seruants, and some of the Kings seruants be dead: and thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is also dead.
- JPS
- And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'
- LXXE
- And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.
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- Written (Ketiv): וַיֹּרְאוּ (“and they feared”). Read aloud (Qere): וַיֹּר֨וּ (“and they shot arrows”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Leningrad Codex reads וַיֹּרא֨וּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וַיֹּר֨וּ (“and they shot arrows”).
- Leningrad Codex reads הַמּוֹרִ֤אים; read aloud (Qere) reads הַמּוֹרִ֤ים (“the archers”).
- Written (Ketiv): הַמּוֹרְאִים. Read aloud (Qere): הַמּוֹרִ֤ים (“the archers”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ויראו המוראים אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֨ךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל הַחוֹמָ֔ה וַיָּמ֖וּתוּ מֵעַבְדֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְגַ֗ם עַבְדְּךָ֛ אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּ֖י מֵֽת׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיֹּר֨וּRead aloud as (qere): הַמּוֹרִ֤ים
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐτόξευσαν οἱ τοξεύοντες πρὸς τοὺς παῖδάς σου ἀπάνωθεν τοῦ τείχους, καὶ ἀπέθανον τῶν παίδων τοῦ βασιλέως, καί γε ὁ δοῦλός σου Οὐρίας ὁ Χετταῖος ἀπέθανε.
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