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Berean Standard Bible

“Then 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.”

2 Samuel 11:4

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David, who should have been at war with his army, remains in Jerusalem and sees Bathsheba bathing from his roof. He learns that she is the wife of Uriah, one of his soldiers.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Then 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.

World English Bible (WEB)

David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

King James Version (KJV)

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y envió David mensajeros, y tomóla: y así que hubo entrado á él, él durmió con ella. Purificóse luego ella de su inmundicia, y se volvió á su casa.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

David la mandó a buscar. Cuando Betsabé llegó, David se acostó con ella. Betsabé apenas acababa de completar los ritos de la purificación después de la menstruación. Después regresó a su casa.

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