2 Samuel 12:23 Parallel Translations

But why should I fast now that he's dead? Can I bring him back? Someday I'll go to him, but he won't come back to me."(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.'

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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."

YLT:

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.'

2 Samuel 12:23 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 37:35 Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.

Job 7:8 "The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? {n} can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
(n) By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.

WES:

12:23 I fast - Seeing fasting and prayer cannot now prevail with God for his life. I shall go to him - Into the state of the dead in which he is, and into heaven, where I doubt not I shall find him.

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:

Able Bring Child Dead Died Fast Reason Return Turn Wherefore

Able Child Dead Died Fast Food Life Reason Turn Wherefore

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