2 Samuel 12:21
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
2 Samuel 12:21 in other translations
| BSB | “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.” |
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| WEB | Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.” |
| ASV | Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. |
| YLT | And his servants say unto him, ‘What is this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.' |
| DARBY | And his servants said to him, What thing is this which thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child alive; but as soon as the child is dead, thou dost rise and eat bread. |
| BBE | Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal. |
| Webster | Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but after the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. |
What does 2 Samuel 12:21 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…
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 12:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 12:21
- 1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
- 2 Samuel 12:21
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
- 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?
2 Samuel 12:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijéronle sus siervos: ¿Qué es esto que has hecho? Por el niño, viviendo aún, ayunabas y llorabas; y él muerto, levantástete y comiste pan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ses serviteurs lui dirent: Qu’est-ce que tu fais? Tu as jeûné et tu as pleuré à cause de l’enfant, pendant qu’il était en vie; et quand l’enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprachen seine Knechte zu ihm: Was ist das für ein Ding, das du tust? Als das Kind lebte, hast du um seinetwillen gefastet und geweint, und wie das Kind tot ist, stehst du auf und issest? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixerunt autem ei servi sui: Quis est sermo quem fecisti? propter infantem, cum adhuc viveret, jejunasti et flebas: mortuo autem puero, surrexisti, et comedisti panem. |