Parallel Verses English Standard Version Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king. King James Bible And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. American Standard Version And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king. Douay-Rheims Bible And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king's house, and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king. English Revised Version And David said to Uriah, Go down thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. Webster's Bible Translation And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 2 Samuel 11:8 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentDavid's Adultery. - David's deep fall forms a turning-point not only in the inner life of the great king, but also in the history of his reign. Hitherto David had kept free from the grosser sins, and had only exhibited such infirmities and failings as simulation, prevarication, etc., which clung to all the saints of the Old Covenant, and were hardly regarded as sins in the existing stage of religious culture at that time, although God never left them unpunished, but invariably visited them upon His servants with humiliations and chastisements of various kinds. Among the unacknowledged sins which God tolerated because of the hardness of Israel's heart was polygamy, which encouraged licentiousness and the tendency to sensual excesses, and to which but a weak barrier had been presented by the warning that had been given for the Israelitish kings against taking many wives (Deuteronomy 17:17), opposed as such a warning was to the notion so prevalent in the East both in ancient and modern times, that a well-filled harem is essential to the splendour of a princely court. The custom to which this notion gave rise opened a dangerous precipice in David's way, and led to a most grievous fall, that can only be explained, as O. v. Gerlach has said, from the intoxication consequent upon undisturbed prosperity and power, which grew with every year of his reign, and occasioned a long series of most severe humiliations and divine chastisements that marred the splendour of his reign, notwithstanding the fact that the great sin was followed by deep and sincere repentance. Towards evening David walked upon the roof of his palace, after rising from his couch, i.e., after taking his mid-day rest, and saw from the roof a woman bathing, namely in the uncovered court of a neighbouring house, where there was a spring with a pool of water, such as you still frequently meet with in the East. "The woman was beautiful to look upon." Her outward charms excited sensual desires. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge go down Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart. Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight... wash there followed him [heb] there went out after him a mess Cross References Luke 7:44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. Genesis 43:24 And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder, Jump to Previous David Departed Feet Followed Food Gift House King's Meat Mess Offering Palace Present Presents Uriah Uri'ah Urijah Wash WashedJump to Next David Departed Feet Followed Food Gift House King's Meat Mess Offering Palace Present Presents Uriah Uri'ah Urijah Wash WashedLinks 2 Samuel 11:8 NIV2 Samuel 11:8 NLT 2 Samuel 11:8 ESV 2 Samuel 11:8 NASB 2 Samuel 11:8 KJV 2 Samuel 11:8 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 11:8 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 11:8 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 11:8 French Bible 2 Samuel 11:8 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |