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2 Samuel 12:16
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KJ21
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
ASV
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
AMP
David therefore appealed to God for the child [to be healed]; and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
AMPC
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night [repeatedly] on the floor.
BRG
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
CSB
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
CSBA
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
CEB
David begged God for the boy. He fasted and spent the night sleeping on the ground.
CJB
David prayed to God on behalf of the child; David fasted, then came and lay all night on the ground.
CEV
So David went without eating to show his sorrow, and he begged God to make the boy well. David would not sleep on his bed, but spent each night lying on the floor.
DARBY
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
DRA
And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.
ERV
David prayed to God for the baby. David refused to eat or drink. He went into his house and stayed there and lay on the ground all night.
EASY
David asked the Lord to make his child well again. He lay on the floor of his house all night and he ate no food.
EHV
David sought the Lord’s mercy for the child. David fasted and spent the night lying on the ground.
ESV
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
ESVUK
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
EXB
David ·prayed to [pleaded with; begged; L inquired of] God for the baby. David fasted and went into his house and stayed there, lying on the ground all night.
GNV
David therefore besought God for the child, and fasted and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
GW
David pleaded with God for the child; he fasted and lay on the ground all night.
GNT
David prayed to God that the child would get well. He refused to eat anything, and every night he went into his room and spent the night lying on the floor.
HCSB
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
ICB
David prayed to God for the baby. David refused to eat or drink. He went into his house and stayed there. He lay on the ground all night.
ISV
David begged God on behalf of the youngster. He fasted, went inside, and spent the night lying on the ground.
JUB
David, therefore, besought God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
KJV
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
AKJV
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
LSB
David therefore sought God about the boy; and David fasted and went and spent the night lying on the ground.
LEB
David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.
TLB
David begged him to spare the child and went without food, and lay all night before the Lord on the bare earth.
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
David entreated God on behalf of the child. He fasted for a period, and he would go in and lie throughout the night on the ground.
NOG
David pleaded with Elohim for the child; he fasted and lay on the ground all night.
NABRE
David pleaded with God on behalf of the child. He kept a total fast, and spent the night lying on the ground clothed in sackcloth.
NASB
David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
NASB1995
David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
NCB
David, therefore, pleaded with God for the child. He maintained a strict fast, and throughout the night he would lie on the ground.
NCV
David prayed to God for the baby. David fasted and went into his house and stayed there, lying on the ground all night.
NET
Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.
NIRV
David begged God to heal the child. David didn’t eat anything. He spent his nights lying on the ground. He put on the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.
NIV
David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.
NIVUK
David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.
NKJV
David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
NLV
David begged God to make the child well. He went without food and lay all night on the ground.
NLT
David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
NRSVA
David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
NRSVACE
David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
NRSVCE
David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
NRSVUE
David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
OJB
Dovid therefore pleaded with HaElohim for the na’ar; and Dovid did a tzom, and went in, and lay all night upon ha’aretz.
RGT
David, therefore, sought God for the child and fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
RSV
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.
RSVCE
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.
TLV
David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the floor.
VOICE
So David appealed to the True God for the life of his son. David went without food; he lay on the ground praying all night.
WEB
David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
WYC
And David prayed to the Lord for the little child; and David fasted by fasting, and entered asides half, and lay on the earth (and lay on the floor all night).
YLT
and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.
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