2 Samuel 12:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.

2 Samuel 12:23 Cross References

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

1 Kings 2:2

I go the way of all the earth: he thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

Job 10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Job 30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

Luke 23:43

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.