2 Samuel 12:23

In 11 translations

BSB

But now that 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.”

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.

WEB

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.”

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.

LSV

And now, he has died, why [is] this—I fast? Am I able to bring him back again? I am going to him, and he does 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.'

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.

DRC

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.

GNV

But now being dead, wherefore shoulde I now fast? Can I bring him againe any more? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne 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.'

LXXE

But now it is dead, why should I fast thus? shall I be able to bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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WLC

וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ מֵ֗ת לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י צָ֔ם הַאוּכַ֥ל לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ ע֑וֹד אֲנִי֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ אֵלָ֔יו וְה֖וּא לֹֽא־יָשׁ֥וּב אֵלָֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ νῦν τέθνηκεν, ἱνατί τοῦτο ἐγὼ νηστεύω; μὴ δυνήσομαι ἐπιστρέψαι αὐτὸν ἔτι; ἐγὼ πορεύσομαι πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἀναστρέψει πρὸς μέ.

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• Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
• Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
• Job 7:8–10The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. He never returns to his house; his place…

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