2 Samuel 12:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

David pleaded with God for the child; he fasted and lay on the ground all night.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

ASV:

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

BBE:

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

DBY:

And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

ERV:

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

JPS:

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and as often as he went in, he lay all night upon the earth.

WBS:

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

WEB:

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

YLT:

and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

2 Samuel 12:16 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 13:31 Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.

Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and {i} went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
(i) That is, to his private chamber.

WES:

12:16 Besought - Supposing the threatening might be conditional, and so the execution of it prevented by prayer. Went - Into his closet.

MHC:

12:15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, beloved of the Lord.

CONC:

Begged Besought Child David Fast Fasted Ground Inquired Keepeth Lain Lay Lodged Lying Nights Often Pleaded Prayer Seeketh Spent Stretching Youth

Begged Besought Child David Earth Fast Fasted Food Ground House Inquired Keepeth Lain Lay Night Nights Often Pleaded Prayer Seeketh Spent Stretching Youth

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