• 2 Samuel 12:9
    The Bible in Living English

    • 9* How comes it that you have despised Jehovah in doing what he disapproves? you have struck down Urijah the Hittite with the sword and taken his wife as your own, and him you have killed with the sword of the Bene-ʽAmmon;

  • 2 Samuel 12:9
    American Standard Version

    • 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Yahweh by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!