2 Samuel 12:23
“But now hee is dead, Wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him backe againe? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne to me.”
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2 Samuel 12:23 Context
21Then said his seruants vnto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weepe for the childe, while it was aliue, but when the childe was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22And he said, While the child was yet aliue, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell, whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may liue? 23But now hee is dead, Wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him backe againe? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne to me. 24¶ And Dauid comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in vnto her, and lay with her: and she bare a sonne, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loued him. 25And hee sent by the hand of Nathan the Prophet, and hee called his name Iedidiah, because of the Lord.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 12:23
But 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.
- King James Version
"But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But 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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But 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.
- Basic English Bible
But 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.
- Darby Bible
But 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.
- Webster's Bible
But 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."
- World English Bible
and now, he hath died, why [is] this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
But 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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 12:23
12:23 I fast - Seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life. I shall go to him - Into the state of the dead in which he is, and into heaven, where I doubt not I shall find him.