II Samuel 11:20
“And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Samuel 11:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
so geschehe es, wenn der Grimm des Königs aufsteigt, und er zu dir spricht: Warum habt ihr euch der Stadt genähert, um zu streiten? Wußtet ihr nicht, daß sie von der Mauer herab schießen würden?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Si el rey comenzare á enojarse, y te dijere: ¿Por qué os acercasteis á la ciudad peleando? ¿no sabíais lo que suelen arrojar del muro?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Se o rei começar a irar-se, e te disser: Por que vos aproximastes à cidade lutando? Não sabíeis que eles costumam atirar do muro?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
pode acontecer que ele fique com raiva e te diga: 'Por que fostes tão perto da cidade para lutar? Não sabíeis que eles atirariam da muralha?
📖 II Samuel 11:20 in Context
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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