2 Samuel 11:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass at eventide,{H6153} that David{H1732} arose{H6965} from off his bed,{H4904} and walked{H1980} upon the roof{H1406} of the king's{H4428} house:{H1004} and from the roof{H1406} he saw{H7200} a woman{H802} bathing;{H7364} and the woman{H802} was very{H3966} beautiful{H2896} to look upon.{H4758}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide{H6153}{H6256}, that David{H1732} arose{H6965}{(H8799)} from off his bed{H4904}, and walked{H1980}{(H8691)} upon the roof{H1406} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}: and from the roof{H1406} he saw{H7200}{(H8799)} a woman{H802} washing{H7364}{(H8801)} herself; and the woman{H802} was very{H3966} beautiful{H2896} to look upon{H4758}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And aboute the euetyde it fortuned that Dauid arose from his restinge place, & wente vp to ye toppe of the kynges palace, and from ye toppe he sawe a woman wasshinge hir selfe, and the woman was of a very fayre bewtye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when it was euening tide, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the Kings palace: and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe: and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And in an euening tyde, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kinges palace, and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe, and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman `is' of very good appearance,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:8 : 8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you bring not blood upon your house if any man falls from it.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I gaze upon a maiden?
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 On the next day, as they went on their journey and neared the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he came to the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
  • 1 Sam 9:25 : 25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul on the top of the house.
  • 2 Sam 4:5 : 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on a bed at noon.
  • 2 Sam 4:7 : 7 For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.

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    3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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    5 And the woman conceived, so she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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    7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

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    9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

    10 When they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?

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    12 Then David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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    14 In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the fiercest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.

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    9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

    11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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