Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
And the elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the ground, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the old men of his house will rise to him to lift him up from the earth; and he would not, and he ate not bread with them.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And the elders of his house rose up toward him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him up from the earth. But he would not, neither yet eat meat with them.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
The Emphasized Bible
And the elders of his house stood up over him, to raise him from the ground, - but he would not, neither would he eat food with them.
Webster
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
World English Bible
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.
Themes
Afflicted saints » Examples of afflicted saints » David
Bereavement » Instances of » David » Of his child by bath-sheba
Children » Death of, as a judgment upon parents » David's child by uriah's wife
David » King of israel » Death of his infant son (born from bath-sheba)
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 12:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Repents, But The Child Dies
16 and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth. 17 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; 18 and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, 'Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? -- then he hath done evil.'
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Cross References
2 Samuel 3:35
And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for -- before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'
1 Samuel 28:23
And he refuseth, and saith, 'I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.