2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
2 Samuel 12:16 in other translations
| BSB | David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground. |
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| WEB | David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground. |
| ASV | David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon 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. |
| DARBY | And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on 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. |
| Webster | David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. |
What does 2 Samuel 12:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 12:15-23
15-23. the Lord struck the child ... and it was very sick--The first visible chastisement inflicted on David appeared on the person of that child which was the evidence and monument of his guilt. His domestics were surprised at his conduct, and in explanation of its singularity, it is necessary to remark that the custom in the East is to leave the nearest relative of a deceased person to the full and undisturbed…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 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…
2 Samuel 12:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 12:16
- 2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
- Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- 1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- 2 Samuel 12:22
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?
- Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Acts 9:9
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Psalms 69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- Job 20:12-14
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
- Joel 2:12-14
Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
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Context
- 2 Samuel 12:15
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
- 2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- 2 Samuel 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 bread with them.
2 Samuel 12:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces rogó David á Dios por el niño; y ayunó David, recogióse, y pasó la noche acostado en tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et David supplia Dieu pour l’enfant, et David jeûna; et il alla et passa la nuit couché sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und David suchte Gott um des Knaben willen; und David fastete und ging hinein und lag über Nacht auf der Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deprecatusque est David Dominum pro parvulo: et jejunavit David jejunio, et ingressus seorsum, jacuit super terram. |