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Read›2 Samuel›Chapter 11

David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:5

In 11 translations

BSB
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
KJV
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
WEB
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
ASV
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
LSV
and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”
YLT
and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, 'I [am] conceiving.'
DBY
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
DRC
And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.
GNV
And the woman conceiued: therefore shee sent and tolde Dauid, and sayd, I am with childe.
JPS
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'
LXXE
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַתַּ֖הַר הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר הָרָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν ἡ γυνή· καὶ ἀποστείλασα ἀπήγγειλε τῷ Δαυὶδ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω.

Who and where

👤 David◆ Reign of David

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
  • Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

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