2 Samuel 11:2

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,

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  • Deut 22:8 : 8 `When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! 41 watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
  • 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, 7 for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'
  • 1 Sam 9:25 : 25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.
  • 2 Sam 4:5 : 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down -- the lying down of noon;
  • 2 Sam 4:7 : 7 yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 and he leaveth all that he hath in the hand of Joseph, and he hath not known anything that he hath, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a fair form, and of a fair appearance.

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    3 and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

    4 And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house;

    5 and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I `am' conceiving.'

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

    7 and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

    8 And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

    9 and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.

    10 And they declare to David, saying, `Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;' and David saith unto Uriah, `Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?'

    11 And Uriah saith unto David, `The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field are encamping; and I -- I go in unto my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife! -- thy life, and the life of thy soul -- if I do this thing.'

    12 And David saith unto Uriah, `Abide in this `place' also to-day, and to-morrow I send thee away;' and Uriah abideth in Jerusalem, on that day, and on the morrow,

    13 and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down.

    14 And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;

    15 and he writeth in the letter, saying, `Place ye Uriah over-against the front of the severest battle, and ye have turned back from after him, and he hath been smitten, and hath died.'

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    28 And king David answereth and saith, `Call for me for Bath-Sheba;' and she cometh in before the king, and standeth before the king.

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    15 And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king `is' very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king:

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  • 2 Sam 11:26-27
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    26 And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband `is' dead, and lamenteth for her lord;

    27 and the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

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    10 `And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;

    11 thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;

    12 for thou hast done `it' in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'

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    8 And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

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    1 And king David `is' old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,

    2 and his servants say to him, `Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.'

    3 And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,

    4 and the young woman `is' very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her.

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    15 And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

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    18 And Bath-Sheba saith, `Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.'

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    11 And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

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    3 And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

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    20 And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint `himself', and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.

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