2 Samuel 11:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.”

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BSBPD

“At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 11:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  2. Genesis 38:18“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:30“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  4. Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
  5. Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
  6. Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
  7. Matthew 26:70But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
  8. Matthew 26:72And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”
  9. Matthew 26:74At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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