2 Samuel 12:10

2 Samuel 12:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’

Context of 2 Samuel 12:10

8I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. Now if that were too little, then I would have added to you so much more. 9Why then have you despised the word of Adonai by doing such evil in My eyes? Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to be your wife, and him you have slain with the sword of the children of Ammon So now the sword will never depart from your house—because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11“Thus says Adonai: Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12Indeed you have done it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and under the sun.”

2 Samuel 12:10 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה לֹא־תָס֥וּר חֶ֛רֶב מִבֵּיתְךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם עֵ֚קֶב כִּ֣י בְזִתָ֔נִי וַתִּקַּ֗ח אֶת־אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַחִתִּ֔י לִהְי֥וֹת לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• shall neverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• shall neverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• becauseעֵ֫קֶב‛êqeb · consequenceH6118
• thou hast despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959
• me, and hast takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of Uriahאוּרִיָּה'ûrîyâh 'ûrîyâhû · UriahH223
• the Hittiteחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 12:10

• 2 Samuel 13:28Then Absalom commanded his young men saying, “Now watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine. When I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then put him to death! Have no fear! Isn’t it I who commanded you? Be strong! Be sons of valor!”
• 2 Samuel 18:14“I won’t wait for you!” Joab said. So he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
• 1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon swore by Adonai saying: “May God do so to me and even more, if Adonijah does not pay with his own life for this request!
• Amos 7:9So the high places of Isaac will become desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
• Matthew 26:52Then Yeshua said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
• Numbers 11:20but for an entire month—until it is coming out of your nostrils and it becomes loathsome to you! For you rejected Adonai who is among you, and you wailed to His face saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?”
• 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore Adonai God of Israel declares, I indeed said that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me forever. But now declares Adonai, far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
• Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”
• Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
• Romans 2:4Or do you belittle the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience—not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8Consequently, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who gives His Ruach ha-Kodesh to you.
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “Behold, you are as good as dead, because of the woman whom you have taken—since she is a married woman.”
• Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Now (literally forever): This phrase points to ongoing consequences. It stands in contrast to God’s gracious promises of a lasting kingdom that God gave to David earlier (2 Samuel 7:13–29). This is a reminder of what David did with the sword (2 Samuel 12:9) and how the sword would affect his family. This recalls David's careless reaction to Joab's report about the deaths of Uriah and other innocent Israelites (2 Samuel 11:25).Read the comment

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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