⁶ And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

¹³ Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

⁷ Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

¹⁸ and he saith, `What `is' the pledge that I give to thee?' and she saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which `is' in thy hand;' and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;

¹⁹ and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰ And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

²¹ And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where `is' the separated one -- she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, `There hath not been in this `place' a separated one.'

²² And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this `place' a separated one,'

²³ and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

³⁰ And he saith, `I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.'

¹² Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

¹³ Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

¹⁴ His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps `is' in his heart.

¹³ And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

⁷⁰ And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.'

⁷² and again did he deny with an oath -- `I have not known the man.'

⁷⁴ Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- `I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,