2 Samuel 12:23
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
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.
24 And 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 the LORD loved him.
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
2 Samuel 12:23 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.