2SA 11:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) David sent a messenger to find out who she was, and was told, “That’s Eliam’s daughter Batsheva—Uriyyah the Hittite’s wife.”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐζήτησε τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ εἶπεν, οὐχὶ αὕτη Βηρσαβεὲ θυγάτηρ Ἐλιὰβ γυνὴ Οὐρίου τοῦ Χετταίου;
(Kai apesteile Dawid, kai ezaʸtaʸse taʸn gunaika, kai eipen, ouⱪi hautaʸ Baʸrsabee thugataʸr Eliab gunaʸ Ouriou tou Ⱪettaiou; )

BrTr And David sent and enquired about the woman: and one said, Is not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite?

ULT And David sent, and he inquired about the woman. And he said, “Is that not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

UST David sent a messenger to find out who she was. The messenger returned and said, “She is Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people group.”

BSB So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam [fn] and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

11:3 Eliam is a variant of Ammiel; see 1 Chronicles 3:5.

OEB And David sent to inquire concerning the woman. And one said, ‘Is not this Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?’

WEBBE David sent and enquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(2-5)One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful. David sent to ask about her, and was told, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of “purification” following her period.) Then she returned home. Before long she realized she was pregnant.
Later she sent word to David: “I’m pregnant.”

NET So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

LSV and David sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

FBV David sent someone to find out about the woman. He was told, “It's Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

T4T David sent a messenger to find out who she was. The messenger returned and said, “She is [RHQ] Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.”

LEB David sent and inquired about the woman, and someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

BBE And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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JPS And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

ASV And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

DRA And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.

YLT and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, 'Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

Drby and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?

RV And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

Wbstr And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

KJB-1769 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?[fn][fn]

11.3 Bath-sheba: or, Bath-shuah

11.3 Eliam: or Ammiel

KJB-1611 And Dauid sent and enquired after the woman: and one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And Dauid sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one saide, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite?
(And David sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one said, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wife to Urias the Hethite?)

Gnva And Dauid sent and inquired what woman it was: and one sayde, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, wife to Vriah the Hittite?
(And David sent and inquired what woman it was: and one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, wife to Vriah the Hittite? )

Cvdl And Dauid sent, and caused to axe what woman it was, and sayde: Is not that Bethseba the doughter of Eliam the wife of Vrias the Hethite?
(And David sent, and caused to ask what woman it was, and said: Is not that Bethseba the daughter of Eliam the wife of Vrias the Hethite?)

Wycl 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.
(Therefore the king sent, and enqueride, what woman it was; and it was teld to him, that she was Bersabee, the douytir of Heliam, and was the wife of Vrye Ethei.)

Luth Und David sandte hin und ließ nach dem Weibe fragen und sagen: Ist das nicht Bathseba, die Tochter Eliams, das Weib Urias, des Hethiters?
(And David sent there and left/let after to_him Weibe fragen and say: Is the not Bathseba, the Tochter Eliams, the woman Urias, the Hethiters?)

ClVg Misit ergo rex, et requisivit quæ esset mulier. Nuntiatumque est ei quod ipsa esset Bethsabee filia Eliam, uxor Uriæ Hethæi.
(Misit therefore rex, and requisivit which was mulier. Nuntiatumque it_is to_him that herself was Bethsabee daughter Eliam, wife Uriæ Hethæi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) So David sent

(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Dāvid and,inquired to/for_the=woman/wife and=he/it_said am=not this(f) daughter_of seven daughter_of ʼElīˊām wife_of ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite )

Here the word “sent” means that David sent a messenger. Alternate translation: “So David sent a messenger”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Is not this Bathsheba … and is she not the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent Dāvid and,inquired to/for_the=woman/wife and=he/it_said am=not this(f) daughter_of seven daughter_of ʼElīˊām wife_of ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite )

This question gives information and can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: “This is Bathsheba … and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

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