2 Samuel 11:23

English Standard Version

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. 

New International Version

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. 

New International Reader’s Version

23 The messenger said to David, ‘The men 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. 

King James Version

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. 

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