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2 Samuel 12:16

2 Samuel chapter 12 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Context

v.15And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

v.16This passage

v.17And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Esther 4:16

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

  • 1 Kings 21:27

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Psalms 69:10

    When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

  • Joel 2:12

    Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  • 2 Samuel 13:31

    Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.