2 Samuel 12:23

American Standard Version

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.

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2 Samuel 12:23 in other translations

But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

2 Samuel 12:23 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 12:23 in context

  1. 21Then 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. 22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
  3. 23But 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.
  4. 24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
  5. 25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.