2 Samuel 12:17

In 11 translations

BSB

The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

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.

WEB

The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t 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.

LSV

And [the] elderly of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he has not been willing, nor has he eaten 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;

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.

DRC

And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

GNV

Then the Elders of his house arose to come vnto him, and to cause him to rise from the groud: but he would not, neither did he eate meate 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.

LXXE

And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not rise, nor did he eat bread with them.

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WLC

וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ זִקְנֵ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַהֲקִימ֖וֹ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־בָרָ֥א אִתָּ֖ם לָֽחֶם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ἐγεῖραι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε, καὶ οὐ συνέφαγεν αὐτοῖς ἄρτον.

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• 2 Samuel 3:35Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
• 1 Samuel 28:23Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

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