2 Samuel 11:23

23 The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,

2 Samuel 11:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 And the messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 The messenger told David, “The men of Ammon were winning. They came out and attacked us in the field, but we fought them back to the city gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out against us into the field, and we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 The messenger said, “Their men overpowered us and came to attack us in the field. Then we forced them back to the entrance of the city gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 The messenger reported to David, “The men gained the advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we counterattacked right up to the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 The messenger said to David, “Because the men overpowered us, the men came out to us in the field, but we forced them back to the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 The messenger said to David, “The men who were in the city were more powerful than we were. They came out to fight against us in the open. But we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.

2 Samuel 11:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate.

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