2 Samuel 11:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then David said to Uriah, 'Go down to your house and wash your feet.' So Uriah left the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. So Uriah departed from the king's house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} said{H559} to Uriah,{H223} Go down{H3381} to thy house,{H1004} and wash{H7364} thy feet.{H7272} And Uriah{H223} departed out{H3318} of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and there followed{H310} him a mess{H4864} [of food] from the king.{H4428}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Uriah{H223}, Go down{H3381}{(H8798)} to thy house{H1004}, and wash{H7364}{(H8798)} thy feet{H7272}. And Uriah{H223} departed out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, and there followed{H310} him a mess{H4864} of meat from the king{H4428}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Dauid sayde to Vrias: Go downe in to thy house, and wash thy fete. And whan Vrias wente out of the kynges palace, the kynges gifte folowed him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Afterward Dauid said to Vriah, Go downe to thine house, and wash thy feete. So Vriah departed out of the Kings palace, and the king sent a present after him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid sayde to Urias: Go downe to thy house, & washe thy feete. And Urias departed out of the kinges palace, and there folowed him a present from the king.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of food] from the king.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess `of food' from the king.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of food] from the king.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." Uriah departed out of the king's house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then David said to Uriah,“Go down to your home and relax.” When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:4 : 4 Let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
  • Gen 19:2 : 2 He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."
  • Gen 43:24 : 24 The steward brought the men into Joseph's house, gave them water, and they washed their feet. He also provided fodder for their donkeys.
  • Gen 43:34 : 34 Joseph sent portions from his table to them, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'
  • Luke 7:44 : 44 Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered your house, and you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
  • Luke 12:2 : 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 11:9-18
    10 verses
    86%

    9 But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.

    10 When they told David, 'Uriah did not go down to his house,' David said to Uriah, 'Haven’t you just come from a journey? Why didn’t you go home?'

    11 Uriah said to David, 'The Ark, Israel, and Judah are staying in tents, and my lord Joab and the king’s servants are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!'

    12 Then David said to Uriah, 'Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.' So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

    13 David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David made him drunk. In the evening, Uriah went out to lie on his mat among his master's servants but did not go home.

    14 The next morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

    15 In the letter, David wrote, 'Put Uriah at the front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and killed.'

    16 As Joab kept watch over the city, he positioned Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

    17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s men fell in battle, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

    18 Joab sent David a full report of the battle.

  • 2 Sam 11:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1 In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab along with his servants and all of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.

    2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.

    3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

    4 So David sent messengers, took her, and she came to him. He slept with her while she was purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.

    5 The woman conceived and sent a message to David, saying, 'I am pregnant.'

    6 So David sent word to Joab, 'Send me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sent Uriah to David.

    7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being, the well-being of the troops, and the condition of the war.

  • 74%

    9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites!

    10 Now, therefore, the sword 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: 'Look, I am going to bring disaster upon you from within your own household. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone close to you, who will sleep with them in broad daylight.

  • 74%

    15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became ill.

    16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth.

  • 74%

    22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived, he reported to David everything Joab had sent him to say.

    23 The messenger said to David, 'The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.'

    24 Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

    25 David said to the messenger, 'Say this to Joab: Don’t let this thing upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Press your attack against the city and destroy it. Encourage him.'

    26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

    27 After the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

  • 20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions, and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

  • 28 King David responded, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.

  • 7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: 'Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare some food for him.'

  • 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

  • 69%

    17 Nathan spoke all these words and this entire vision to David.

    18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 69%

    15 So Bathsheba went to see the king in his chamber. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him.

    16 Bathsheba bowed low and paid homage to the king. The king asked her, "What is it you want?"

  • 32 King David said, "Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me." When they came before the king,

  • 15 Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • 31 The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

  • 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 4 Let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

  • 4 When he lies down, take note of the place where he is lying. Then go, uncover his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do.

  • 34 Jehu went inside, ate and drank, and then said, 'Attend to this cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.'

  • 26 Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

  • 8 Then the king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue a command on your behalf."

  • 39 and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

  • 23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with the sword and threw his body into the burial place of the common people.

  • 7 When David heard of this, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty warriors.

  • 8 When David heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of mighty warriors.

  • 32 So the man went into the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were given to the camels, and water was provided to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.