2 Samuel 12:11

2 Samuel 12:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from 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.

Context of 2 Samuel 12:11

9Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight! 12Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’” 13Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.

2 Samuel 12:11 word by word

כֹּ֣ה׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנְנִי֩ מֵקִ֨ים עָלֶ֤יךָ רָעָה֙ מִבֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י אֶת־נָשֶׁ֙יךָ֙ לְעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֖י לְרֵעֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁכַב֙ עִם־נָשֶׁ֔יךָ לְעֵינֵ֖י הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Behold, I will raise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• against thee out of thine own houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• and I will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thy wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• before thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869
• and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto thy neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• and he shall lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of this sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 12:11

• 2 Samuel 13:1Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David’s son Amnon fell madly in love with her.
• 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”
• Deuteronomy 28:30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
• Ezekiel 14:9“‘As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word – I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
• Ezekiel 20:25I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.
• Hosea 4:13They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I will take thy wives - That is, In the course of my providence I will permit all this to be done. Had David been faithful, God, by his providence, would have turned all this aside; but now, by his sin, he has made that providence his enemy which before was his friend.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11See the marginal references. In both the points of David‘s crime the retribution was according to his sin. His adultery was punished by Absalom‘s outrage, his murder by the bloodshed of domestic fights, which cost the lives of at least three of his favorite sons, Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11I will raise up adversity against you from your own house: Absalom's revolt against David fulfilled this promise (2 Samuel 14–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, &c.--The prophet speaks of God threatening to do what He only permitted to be done. The fact is, that David's loss of character by the discovery of his crimes, tended, in the natural course of things, to diminish the respect of his family, to weaken the authority of his government, and to encourage the prevalence of many disorders throughout his kingdom.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 12:11

• Adultery
• David
• Homicide
• Minister, Christian
• Nathan
• Repentance

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings