2 Samuel 12:23
What does 2 Samuel 12:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 12:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and now, he hath died, why <FI>is<Fi> this--I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
Context
v.22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
v.23This passage
v.24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 7:8
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
- Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
- Luke 23:43
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
- Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
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