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2 Samuel 12:17
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KJ21
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.
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.
AMP
The elders of his household stood by him [in the night] to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling [to get up] and would not eat food with them.
AMPC
His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
BRG
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.
CSB
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
CSBA
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
CEB
The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either.
CJB
The court officials got up and stood next to him trying to get him off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat food with them.
CEV
His officials stood beside him and tried to talk him into getting up. But he would not get up or eat with them.
DARBY
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.
DRA
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.
ERV
The leaders of David’s family came and tried to pull David up from the ground, but he refused to get up. He refused to eat with these leaders.
EASY
His palace officers stood around him. They tried to help him to get up from the ground. But he refused and he would not eat anything with them.
EHV
The elders of his household stood beside him to pick him up off the ground, but he was not willing, and he would not eat food with them.
ESV
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
ESVUK
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
EXB
The elders of David’s ·family [L house] ·came to [stood around] him and tried to pull him up from the ground, but he refused to get up or to eat food with them.
GNV
Then the Elders of his house arose to come unto him, and to cause him to rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.
GW
The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn’t eat with them.
GNT
His court officials went to him and tried to make him get up, but he refused and would not eat anything with them.
HCSB
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
ICB
The elders of David’s family came to him. They tried to pull him up from the ground. But he refused to get up. And he refused to eat food with them.
ISV
His closest advisors at the palace got up, remained with him, and tried to help him get up from the ground, but he would not do so. He also wouldn’t eat with them.
JUB
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.
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And the elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
LEB
The elders of his household stood over him to lift him up from the ground, but he was not willing, and he did not eat any food with them.
TLB
The leaders of the nation pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
MSG
After Nathan went home, God afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he came down sick. David prayed desperately to God for the little boy. He fasted, wouldn’t go out, and slept on the floor. The elders in his family came in and tried to get him off the floor, but he wouldn’t budge. Nor could they get him to eat anything. On the seventh day the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him. They said, “What do we do now? While the child was living he wouldn’t listen to a word we said. Now, with the child dead, if we speak to him there’s no telling what he’ll do.”
MEV
The elders of his house stood beside him to rouse him from the ground, but he was not willing, nor would he consume food with them.
NOG
The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn’t eat with them.
NABRE
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor would he take food with them.
NASB
The elders of his household stood beside him in order to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
NASB1995
The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
NCB
The elders of his household stood around him, urging him to rise from the ground. However, he refused to do so, nor would he take food with them.
NCV
The elders of David’s family came to him and tried to pull him up from the ground, but he refused to get up or to eat food with them.
NET
The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.
NIRV
His most trusted servants stood beside him. They wanted him to get up from the ground. But he refused to do it. And he wouldn’t eat any food with them.
NIV
The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
NIVUK
The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
NKJV
So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
NLV
The leaders of his family stood beside him to lift him up from the ground. But David was not willing. He would not eat food with them.
NLT
The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
NRSVA
The elders of his house stood beside him, urging him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
NRSVACE
The elders of his house stood beside him, urging him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
NRSVCE
The elders of his house stood beside him, urging him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
NRSVUE
The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
OJB
And the zekenim of his Bais arose, and went to him, to raise him up from ha’aretz; but he would not, neither did he eat lechem with them.
RGT
Then the elders of his house arose to come to him, and to cause him to rise from the ground. But he would not. Nor did he eat food with them.
RSV
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
RSVCE
And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
TLV
The elders of his household stood beside him in order to get him up from the floor but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
VOICE
The elders from his household, the most highly honored of his servants, tried to pull him up off the ground and to make him eat, but he would not.
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.
WYC
And the elder men of his house came, and constrained him, that he should rise up from the earth; and he would not, neither he ate meat with them. (And the older men of his household came, and compelled him to get up off the floor; but he would not, nor would he eat any food 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;
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