2 Samuel 11:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.”
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“Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her--and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness--and she turneth back unto her house;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 11:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Genesis 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- Leviticus 12:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 18:19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
- Deuteronomy 5:18You shall not commit adultery.
- Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
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