2 Samuel 12:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ 6 And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then his servants said to him, What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept while the child was alive, but when the child was dead, you arose and ate food.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

Common English Bible

²¹ “Why are you acting this way?” his servants asked. “When the child was alive, you fasted and cried and kept watch, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat food!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But his servants said to him: "What is this word that you have done? You fasted and were weeping, on behalf of the infant, while he was still alive. But when the boy was dead, you arose and ate bread."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? Thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead thou didst rise up, and eat bread.

2 Samuel 12:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

5 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

2 Samuel 12:22

7 And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.

2 Kings 20:3

And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

1 Corinthians 2:15

Now he that planteth, and he that watereth, ate one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.