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

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

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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.

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31 I have made a covenant with my eyes.(A)
How then could I look at a young woman?[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:1 Or a virgin

31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.(B)

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31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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25 Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty(A)
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.(B)

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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