2 Samuel 12:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore the sword{H2719} shall never{H5704} depart{H5493} from thy house,{H1004} because{H6118} thou hast despised{H959} me, and hast taken{H3947} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} to be thy wife.{H802}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore the sword{H2719} shall never{H5704}{H5769} depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from thine house{H1004}; because{H6118} thou hast despised{H959}{(H8804)} me, and hast taken{H3947}{(H8799)} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} to be thy wife{H802}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now therfore shal not ye swerde departe from thy house for ouer, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wife of Vrias the Hithite, to be thy wife.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Now therefore, the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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!’

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15 : 14 Joab said, 'I cannot linger here with you.' So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive, hanging in the oak tree. 15 Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:23-25 : 23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the LORD: 'May God punish me ever so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his own life! 24 'And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the one who has established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!' 25 Then King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
  • Prov 6:32-33 : 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself. 33 He will suffer wounds and disgrace, and his shame will never be wiped away.
  • Amos 7:9 : 9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
  • Mal 1:6-7 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?' 7 By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.'
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • Matt 26:52 : 52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore, whoever disregards this does not reject man but God, who also gives His Holy Spirit to you.
  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, 'You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.'
  • Num 11:20 : 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’
  • 2 Sam 13:28-29 : 28 Absalom ordered his servants, saying, 'Watch when Amnon’s heart is cheerful from drinking wine, and when I say to you, "Strike Amnon down," then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I ordered you? Be strong and courageous.’ 29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    91%

    7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

    8 'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

    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!

  • 2 Sam 12:11-15
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    86%

    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.

    12 You did it in secret, but I will make this happen in front of all Israel and in broad daylight.'

    13 Then David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' Nathan replied, 'The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.

    14 However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'

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

  • 2 Sam 11:8-15
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    8 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.

    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.'

  • 2 Sam 11:24-27
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    76%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 11:3-6
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    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.

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    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.

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  • Amos 7:17
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    17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'

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    16 The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

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  • 1 Sam 2:31-33
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    71%

    31 The days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

    32 You will see distress in My dwelling, despite all the good I do for Israel. Never will there be an old man in your family line.

    33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

  • 2 Chr 21:13-14
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    71%

    13 But you followed the ways of the kings of Israel and led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, just as the house of Ahab led people into idolatry. You even killed your brothers, the members of your father's family, who were better than you.

    14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4-5
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    70%

    4 And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

    5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he killed the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He shed their blood as if in war during a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with the blood.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

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  • 2 Sam 16:8
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  • 1 Kgs 11:12
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    12 'Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.'

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