It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, *See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
2 Samuel 11:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One evening David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, when from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very lovely to behold. 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. Common English Bible One evening, David got up from his couch and was pacing back and forth on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. Catholic Public Domain Version While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday, and he walked upon the terrace of the king's house. And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself. And the woman was very beautiful. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house. And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful. |
It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, *See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Shekhem the son of Chamor the Chivvi, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
He left all that he had in Yosef's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Yosef was well-built and handsome.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
It happened after this, that Avshalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
To Avshalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
The sons of Rimmon the Be'erotite, Rechav and Ba`anah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-Boshet, as he took his rest at noon.
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the `Aravah all night.
*I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
and the houses of Yerushalayim, and the houses of the kings of Yehudah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Tofet, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Kefa went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
*Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.*
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
When they were come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Sha'ul on the housetop.