2 Samuel 11:23 - New Revised Standard Version

²³ The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in to the field, but we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

Common English Bible

²³ “The men overpowered us,” the messenger told David. “They came out against us in the open field, but we fought against them up to the entrance of the city gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And the messenger said to David: "The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us; and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.

2 Samuel 11:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

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.”