2 Samuel 12:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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.

Common English Bible

²³ But he is dead now. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? No. I am going where he is, but he won’t come back to me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me."

2 Samuel 12:23 Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.

1 Kings 2:2

‘As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth.  Be strong and be a man,

Job 10:21

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that you will lead me to death – the place  appointed for all who live.

Luke 23:43

And he said to him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.’