2 Samuel 12:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
In context
21 “What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
22 David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
2 Samuel 12:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster 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.