2 Samuel 12:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night [repeatedly] on the floor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ David begged God for the boy. He fasted and spent the night sleeping on the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

2 Samuel 12:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became sick.

2 Samuel 12:22

He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants who were standing by rent their garments.

1 Kings 21:27

And when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

Psalm 50:15

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psalm 69:10

When I humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord God of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?”

Acts 9:9

And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.