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David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:7

In 11 translations

BSB
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
KJV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc
WEB
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
ASV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
LSV
and Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.
YLT
and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.
DBY
And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
DRC
And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.
GNV
And when Vriah came vnto him, Dauid demanded him how Ioab did, and howe the people fared, and how the warre prospered.
JPS
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
LXXE
And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֥א אוּרִיָּ֖ה אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל דָּוִ֗ד לִשְׁל֤וֹם יוֹאָב֙ וְלִשְׁל֣וֹם הָעָ֔ם וְלִשְׁל֖וֹם הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ παραγίνεται Οὐρίας καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ εἰς εἰρήνην Ἰωὰβ, καὶ εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ πολέμου.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:22Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
  • Genesis 37:14Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
  • Genesis 29:6“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

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