2 Samuel 11:20 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 11:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהָיָ֗ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
אִֽם
ʼim
H518
if
תַּעֲלֶה֙
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
חֲמַ֣ת
chêmâh
H2534
wrath
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וְאָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְךָ֔
מַדּ֛וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם
nâgash
H5066
to approach
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָעִ֖יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם
lâcham
H3898
to fight
הֲל֣וֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֵ֥ת
ʼêth
H853
-
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יֹר֖וּ
yârâh
H3384
to throw
מֵעַ֥ל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הַחוֹמָֽה
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?
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King James Version Public Domain
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
it will be, if the heat of the king rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).