2 Samuel 11:17 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and there fall [some] of the people, of the servants of David; and there dieth also Uriah the Hittite.

English ASV

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

English Amplified

And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hethite also died.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David; and Urijah the Hittite died also.

English EASY 2024

When some of the Ammonite soldiers came out of the city to fight Joab's army, they killed some of David's men. Uriah the Hittite was one of the men who died there.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The men of the city came out to fight against Joab. Some of David's men were killed. Uriah the Hittite was one of them.

And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The enemy troops came out of the city and fought Joab's forces; some of David's officers were killed, and so was Uriah.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The men of the city came out and fought Joab. Some of the people, namely, some of David's mercenaries, fell and died—including Uriah the Hittite.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David's soldiers fell [in battle]; Uriah the Hittite also died.

English KJV 1611

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

English LSB

And the men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When the men of the city came out, they fought with Joab, and some people among those who served David fell; Uriah the Hittite died among them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

When the men of the city made a sortie against Joab, some officers of David's army fell, and among them Uriah the Hittite died.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The troops came out of the city. They fought against Joab. Some of the men in David's army were killed. Uriah, the Hittite, also died.

English NIV

When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

English NKJ 1982

Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

English NLT

And Uriah was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was killed as well.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was slain also.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and Uriah was killed along with several other Israeli soldiers.

English Tyndale 1537

And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And there were certain overthrown of the people and of the servants of David, and Urias the hethite died also.