2 Samuel 12:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 2 And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the ancients of his house came to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

2 Samuel 12:17 Cross References

Genesis 24:2

And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 37:35

6 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

2 Samuel 12:18

3 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 3:35

And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.

Psalm 102:4

1 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

Daniel 6:18

6 It is decreed by me, that in all my empire and my kingdom all men dread and fear the God of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God for ever: and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his power shall be for ever.

1 Samuel 28:23

And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David, who was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years, and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day?