2 Samuel 11:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב דָּוִ֛ד סֵ֖פֶר אֶל־יוֹאָ֑ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח בְּיַ֥ד אוּרִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yhiy ba-bōqer and wa-yichtōb Dāwid sēfer ʾel-Yôʾāb and wa-yishlach bə-yad ʾÛrîyâ

Grammar Details

• *wa-yhiy*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
• *ba-bōqer*: preposition bet + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the morning
• *wa-yichtōb*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he wrote
• *sēfer*: noun masculine singular - letter/document
• *ʾel-Yôʾāb*: preposition + proper noun - to Joab
• *wa-yishlach*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *bə-yad*: preposition bet + noun feminine singular construct - by the hand of

Word Meanings

• *sēfer*: letter/document/scroll
• *bə-yad*: by the hand of/through/by means of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  On the morow wrote Dauid a letter vnto Ioab, & sent it by Vrias.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And on the morowe Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Vriah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  On the morowe Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:8-9 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die.
• Ps 19:13 : 13 Keep your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright, and shall be innocent from the great transgression.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Jer 9:1-4 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers; that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD. 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
• Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
• Mic 7:3-5 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.