2 Samuel 12:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants whispered, he perceived that the child was dead. So he said to them, Is the child dead? And they said, He is.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ But when David saw his servants whispering, he realized the child had died. “Is the child dead?” David asked his servants. “Yes,” they said, “he is dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But when David had seen his servants whispering, he realized that the infant had died. And he said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they responded to him, "He is dead."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead. And he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him: He is dead.

2 Samuel 12:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:18

On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord, and worshiped; he then went to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 13:39

And the spirit of the king longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted about Amnon, seeing he was dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.