2 Samuel 12:11 - The Scriptures 1998

“Thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am raising up evil against you, from your own house, and shall take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbour, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

American Standard Version (1901)

Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Common English Bible

“This is what the LORD says: I am making trouble come against you from inside your own family. Before your very eyes I will take your wives away and give them to your friend, and he will have sex with your wives in broad daylight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will raise up over you an evil from your own house. And I will take your wives away before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor. And he will sleep with your wives in the sight of this sun.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house; and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour: and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Samuel 12:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:10

But Aḇ

2 Samuel 15:14

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 15:6

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 16:11

And Dawiḏ

Job 31:10

let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her.

Ezekiel 14:9

“And if the prophet is deceived, and shall speak a word, I יהוה  have deceived that prophet, and shall stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from the midst of My people Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 17:17

“And he is not to increase wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor is he to greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Deuteronomy 28:30

“You become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.