2 Samuel 12:17
What does 2 Samuel 12:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 12:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.
Context
v.16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
v.17This passage
v.18And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:35
And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.
- 1 Samuel 28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
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