But Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to David. She told him, “I am pregnant.”
Deuteronomy 22:22 - Easy To Read Version “If a man is found having sexual relations with another man’s wife, then both of them must die—the woman and the man that had sexual relations with her. You must remove that evil from Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man is found lying with another man's wife, they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. American Standard Version (1901) If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. Common English Bible If a man is found having sex with a woman who is married to someone else, both of them must die—the man who was having sex with the woman and the woman herself. Remove such evil from Israel! Catholic Public Domain Version If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel. |
But Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to David. She told him, “I am pregnant.”
Then I will punish you. I will punish you as a murderer and a woman that did the sin of adultery. You will be punished as if by an angry and jealous husband.
“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Don’t do the sin of adultery.’ {\cf2\super [65]}
But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.
The witnesses must throw the first stones to kill that person. Then the other people should throw stones to finish killing him. In this way, you will remove that evil from your group.
Marriage should be honored by all people. And every marriage should be kept pure between only two people. God will judge guilty those people who do sexual sins and adultery. {\cf2\super [172]}