2 Samuel 12:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ And Dawiḏ saw that his servants were whispering, and Dawiḏ perceived that the child was dead. Then Dawiḏ said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And 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

And on the seventh day it came to be that the child died. And the servants of Dawiḏ were afraid to inform him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. And how do we say to him that the child is dead? Then he shall do evil!”

2 Samuel 12:20

Dawiḏ then rose up from the ground, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments. And he went into the House of יהוה and bowed himself, then came to his own house, and asked, and they set food before him, so he ate.

2 Samuel 13:39

Sovereign Dawiḏ then longed to go to Aḇshalom, for he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Now, brothers, we do not wish you to be ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you be sad as others who have no expectation.