2 Samuel 12:17 Parallel Translations
NASB: The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn't eat with them.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
ASV: And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
BBE: And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
DBY: And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.
ERV: And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
JPS: And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
WBS: And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
WEB: The elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
YLT: And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;
2 Samuel 12:17 Cross References
XREF:Genesis 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, "Please place your hand under my thigh, (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat {k} bread with them.
(k) Thinking by his constant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God had determined otherwise.
WES: 12:17 Elders - The chief officers of his kingdom and household. He would not - This excessive mourning did not proceed simply from the fear of the loss of the child; but from a deep sense of his sin, and the divine displeasure manifested herein.
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:Ate Beside Bread Chief Eat Eaten Elders Got Ground Household Order Raise Refused Rise Stood Unwilling Willing
PREV:Ate Bread Chief Earth Eat Eaten Elders Food Ground House Household Order Raise Refused Rise Side Stood Unwilling Willing
NEXT:Ate Bread Chief Earth Eat Eaten Elders Food Ground House Household Order Raise Refused Rise Side Stood Unwilling Willing
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