27 Heb “and the Lord struck the child … and he was ill.” It is necessary to repeat “the child” in the translation to make clear who became ill, since “the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became very ill” could be understood to mean that David himself became ill.

In other versions

Then Nathan went to his house.

And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick.

After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

Then Nathan went home.

The Lord struck the baby that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became deathly ill.

After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife.

Then Nathan went to his house, and Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore for David, and he became ill.

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

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