All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.’ So his father wept for him.
2 Samuel 12:23 - New International Version (Anglicised) But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me. American Standard Version (1901) But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me. Common English Bible But he is dead now. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? No. I am going where he is, but he won’t come back to me.” Catholic Public Domain Version But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.’ So his father wept for him.
‘I am about to go the way of all the earth,’ he said. ‘So be strong, act like a man,
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Jesus answered him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.’