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2 Samuel 12:10-12
New English Translation
2 Samuel 12:10-12
New English Translation
10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ 11 This is what the Lord has said: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you[a] from inside your own household![b] Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion.[c] He will go to bed with[d] your wives in broad daylight![e] 12 Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”[f]
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- 2 Samuel 12:11 tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”
- 2 Samuel 12:11 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”
- 2 Samuel 12:11 tn Or “friend.”
- 2 Samuel 12:11 tn Heb “will lie down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations.
- 2 Samuel 12:11 tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”
- 2 Samuel 12:12 tn Heb “and before the sun.”
2 Samuel 12:10-12
New International Version
2 Samuel 12:10-12
New International Version
10 Now, therefore, the sword(A) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(B) I am going to bring calamity on you.(C) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(D) 12 You did it in secret,(E) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(F) before all Israel.’”
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