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2 Samuel 12:23

Death and lossGriefHopeComfort

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.’

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.

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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.”
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.
WEB
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
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And he is dead. Why [is] this [that] I should fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, and he shall not return to me.”
ÅB
Men nå som han er død, hvorfor skulle jeg nå faste? Kan jeg hente ham tilbake igjen? Jeg går til ham, men han vender ikke tilbake til meg.
OTB
Men nå som han er død, hvorfor skulle jeg faste? Kan jeg bringe ham tilbake igjen? Jeg vil gå til ham, men han vil ikke vende tilbake til meg."
B1930
Men nu som han er død, hvorfor skulde jeg nu faste? Kan jeg hente ham tilbake igjen? Jeg går til ham, men han vender ikke tilbake til mig.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 37:35

    All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

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  • Job 30:23

    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

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  • Luke 23:43

    And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

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  • Job 7:8–10

    The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

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