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2 Samuel 12:11

This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah, 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 neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֣ה׀kohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הִנְנִי֩hi.Nihere IH2005 →
מֵקִ֨יםme.Kim[am] about to raise upH6965 →
עָלֶ֤יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921 →
רָעָה֙ra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
מִבֵּיתֶ֔ךָmi.bei.Te.khafrom own house yourH1004 →
וְלָקַחְתִּ֤יve.la.kach.Tiand I will takeH3947 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נָשֶׁ֙יךָ֙na.Shei.khawives yourH802 →
לְעֵינֶ֔יךָle.'ei.Nei.khato eyes yourH5869 →
וְנָתַתִּ֖יve.na.ta.Tiand I will give [them]H5414 →
לְרֵעֶ֑יךָle.re.'Ei.khato neighbor yourH7453 →
וְשָׁכַב֙ve.sha.Khavand he will lieH7901 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
נָשֶׁ֔יךָna.Shei.khawives yourH802 →
לְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869 →
הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sunH8121 →
הַזֹּֽאת׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →

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2 Samuel 16:21–22Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”2 Samuel 13:1–14After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 13:28–29Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”2 Samuel 12:8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.Job 31:10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.Hosea 4:13–14They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.Ezekiel 20:25–26I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.2 Samuel 15:1Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.Genesis 30:4So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,2 Samuel 13:14But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”2 Samuel 15:16Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

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