2 Samuel 11:25 - Easy To Read Version

²⁵ David said to the messenger, “Give this message to Joab: ‘Don’t be too upset about this. A sword can kill one person as well as the next. Make a stronger attack against Rabbah and you will win.’ Encourage Joab with these words.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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)

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 11:24

Then the men on the city wall shot arrows at your officers. Some of your officers were killed. Your officer Uriah the Hittite also died.”

2 Samuel 11:26

Bathsheba heard that her husband Uriah was dead. Then she cried for her husband.

2 Samuel 12:26

Rabbah was the capital city of the Ammonites. Joab fought against Rabbah and captured it.

1 Samuel 6:9

Watch the wagon. If the wagon goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, then the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if the cows do not go straight to Beth Shemesh, then we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. We will know that our sickness just happened.”