2 Samuel 11:19
◄  2 Samuel 11:19  ►
New International Version (©2011)
He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,

New Living Translation (©2007)
He told his messenger, "Report all the news of the battle to the king.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He commanded the messenger, "When you've finished telling the king all the details of the battle--

International Standard Version (©2012)
He instructed the courier, "When you have finished conveying all the news about the battle to the king,

NET Bible (©2006)
He instructed the messenger as follows: "When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
And he commanded the messenger, "When you finish telling the king about the battle,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling the matters of the war unto the king,

American King James Version
And charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

American Standard Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,

Darby Bible Translation
and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

English Revised Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Webster's Bible Translation
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

World English Bible
and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

Young's Literal Translation
and commandeth the messenger, saying, 'At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:14-27 Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. The higher a man's confidence is, who has sunk in wickedness, the greater his presumption and hypocrisy. Let not any one who resembles David in nothing but his transgressions, bolster up his confidence with this example. Let him follow David in his humiliation, repentance, and his other eminent graces, before he thinks himself only a backslider, and not a hypocrite. Let no opposer of the truth say, These are the fruits of faith! No; they are the effects of corrupt nature. Let us all watch against the beginnings of self-indulgence, and keep at the utmost distance from all evil. But with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption. He will cast out no humble, penitent believer; nor will he suffer Satan to pluck his sheep out of his hand. Yet the Lord will recover his people, in such a way as will mark his abhorrence of their crimes, to hinder all who regard his word from abusing the encouragements of his mercy.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And charged the messenger,.... Gave him a particular direction and instruction what he should say at the close of his narrative, according as he should observe the king's countenance to be:

saying, when thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king; giving an account of all the events that happened since the siege was begun to that time.

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David Arranges Uriah's Death
…18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19And charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king, 20And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to you, Why approached you so near to the city when you did fight? knew you not that they would shoot from the wall? …

2 Samuel 11:18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
2 Samuel 11:20 the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?