2 Samuel 11:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another; press your attack on the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then David said to the messenger, Say to Joab, Let not this thing disturb you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack upon the city and overthrow it. And encourage Joab.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

Common English Bible

David said to the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t be upset about this because the sword is that way: taking the life of this person or that person. Continue attacking the city and destroy it!’ Encourage Joab!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David said to the messenger: "You shall say these things to Joab: 'Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee; Encourage thy warriors against the city: and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it.

2 Samuel 11:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall; some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”

2 Samuel 11:26

When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him.

2 Samuel 12:26

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.

1 Samuel 6:9

And watch: if it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”