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2 Samuel 12:10

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

KJV

Quam ob rem non recedet gladius de domo tua usque in sempiternum, eo quod despexeris me, et tuleris uxorem Uriæ Hethæi ut esset uxor tua.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ῥομφαία ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου σου ἕως αἰῶνος, ἀνθ’ ὧν ὅτι ἐξουδένωσας, καὶ ἔλαβες τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ Οὐρείου τοῦ Χετταίου τοῦ εἶναί σοι εἰς γυναῖκα.

LXX

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֗ה לֹא תָס֥וּר חֶ֛רֶב מִ/בֵּיתְ/ךָ֖ עַד עוֹלָ֑ם עֵ֚קֶב כִּ֣י בְזִתָ֔/נִי וַ/תִּקַּ֗ח אֶת אֵ֨שֶׁת֙ אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַ/חִתִּ֔י לִ/הְי֥וֹת לְ/ךָ֖ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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People Uriah

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אוּרִיָּ֥ה
'vryh
proper_noun · 39×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 43×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חִתִּ֔י
chty
noun · 48×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עֵ֣קֶב
'qb
noun · 15×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1736Every act directly willed is imputable to its author: Thus the Lord asked Eve after the sin in the garden: "What is this that you have done?"29 He asked Cain the same question.30 The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.31 An action can be indirectly voluntary when it results from negligence rega…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 18:14 — Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  • 2Sam 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so
  • Prov 17:13 — Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
  • Ps 118:18 — The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.