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,
NIV
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.
AMP
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.
KJV
Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.
NIV
So none of us--I, my kinsmen, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me--took off our clothes; each kept his weapon [in his hand for days].
AMP
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
KJV
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them.
NIV
So when He had finished washing their feet and had put on His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you?
AMP
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
KJV
"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
NIV
Why do Your disciples transgress and violate the rules handed down by the elders of the past? For they do not practice [ceremonially] washing their hands before they eat.
AMP
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
KJV
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone.
NIV
Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes which have come up from the washing, of which all are in pairs, and none is missing among them.
AMP
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
KJV
"Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it."
NIV
You shall also make a laver or large basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it
AMP
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
KJV
For this is what the LORD Almighty says about the pillars, the Sea, the movable stands and the other articles that are left in this city
NIV
For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the [bronze] pillars [each twenty-seven feet high], the [bronze] Sea [the laver at which the priests cleansed their hands and feet before ministering at the altar], the [bronze] bases [of the ten lavers in Solomon's temple used for washing animals to be offered as sacrifices], and the remainder of the vessels which are left in this city [Jerusalem], [I Kings 7:23-37; II Chron. 4:6; Jer. 52:17.]AMP
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.
KJV
