2 Samuel 11:4

2 Samuel 11:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

4Then David sent messengers and 11:4 Lit took herhad her brought, and when she came to him, he slept with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

4David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

4David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And 11:4 This casual observation reflects the hypocrisy of David and Bathsheba’s sin. Evidently they both bathed and observed other ritual requirements of the Mosaic Law regarding sexual relations (Lev 15:18 etc.), as if that somehow mitigated the much graver sin of adultery. Both participants in adultery were to be punished by death (Lev 20:10).when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

4Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

4Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him. And he slept with her. Then she went back home. All of that took place after she had already made herself “clean” from her monthly period.

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