2 Samuel 11:2

NETBible

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. 1  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. 2 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

NLT ©

Late one afternoon David got out of bed after taking a nap and went for a stroll on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.

MSG ©

One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful.

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.

NKJV ©

Then 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.

KJV
And it came to pass in an eveningtide
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that David
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arose
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from off his bed
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and walked
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upon the roof
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of the king's
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house
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and from the roof
<01406>
he saw
<07200> (8799)
a woman
<0802>
washing
<07364> (8801)
herself; and the woman
<0802>
[was] very
<03966>
beautiful
<02896>
to look upon
<04758>_.
NASB ©
Now when evening
<6153>
came
<1961>
David
<1732>
arose
<6965>
from his bed
<4904>
and walked
<1980>
around
<1980>
on the roof
<1406>
of the king's
<4428>
house
<1004>
, and from the roof
<1406>
he saw
<7200>
a woman
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bathing
<7364>
; and the woman
<802>
was very
<3966>
beautiful
<2896>
in appearance
<4758>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
egeneto
<1096> 
V-AMI-3S
prov
<4314> 
PREP
esperan
<2073> 
N-ASF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
anesth
<450> 
V-AAI-3S
dauid {N-PRI} apo
<575> 
PREP
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
koithv
<2845> 
N-GSF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
periepatei
<4043> 
V-IAI-3S
epi
<1909> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
dwmatov
<1390> 
N-GSN
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
oikou
<3624> 
N-GSM
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
basilewv
<935> 
N-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eiden
<3708> 
V-AAI-3S
gunaika
<1135> 
N-ASF
louomenhn
<3068> 
V-PMPAS
apo
<575> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
dwmatov
<1390> 
N-GSN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
gunh
<1135> 
N-NSF
kalh
<2570> 
A-NSF
tw
<3588> 
T-DSN
eidei
<1491> 
N-DSN
sfodra
<4970> 
ADV
NET [draft] ITL
One evening
<06153>
David
<01732>
got up
<06965>
from
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his bed
<04904>
and walked around
<01980>
on
<05921>
the roof
<01406>
of his palace
<04428>

<01004>
. From
<05921>
the roof
<01406>
he saw
<07200>
a woman
<0802>
bathing
<07364>
. Now this woman
<0802>
was very
<03966>
attractive
<04758>

<02896>
.
HEBREW
dam
<03966>
harm
<04758>
tbwj
<02896>
hsahw
<0802>
ggh
<01406>
lem
<05921>
tuxr
<07364>
hsa
<0802>
aryw
<07200>
Klmh
<04428>
tyb
<01004>
gg
<01406>
le
<05921>
Klhtyw
<01980>
wbksm
<04904>
lem
<05921>
dwd
<01732>
Mqyw
<06965>
breh
<06153>
tel
<06256>
yhyw (11:2)
<01961>
NETBible

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. 1  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

2 tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.