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2 Samuel 12:16

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12:16Then David prayed to28 God for the child and fasted.29 He would even30 go and spend the night lying on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 Heb “sought” or “searched for.”
  2. 29 Heb “and David fasted.”
  3. 30 The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.

KJV 1900King James Version

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.