2 Samuel 12:17 - Modern King James Version

¹⁷ And the elders of his house rose up toward him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the ancients of his house came to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

2 Samuel 12:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, I pray you, put your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

2 Samuel 12:18

And it happened 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 still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Samuel 3:35

And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was still day; David swore, saying, So let God do to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else until the sun is down.

Psalm 102:4

My heart is stricken, and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, forced him, and the woman also. And he listened to their voices and arose from the earth and sat on the bed.