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Parallel 2SA 12:16

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BI 2Sa 12:16 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV 2SA 12:16 verse available

OET-LVAnd_he/it_sought Dāvid DOM the_ʼₑlhīmv for the_child and_he_fasted Dāvid a_fast and_went and_lay_all_night and_lay ground_on.

UHBוַ⁠יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּעַ֣ד הַ⁠נָּ֑עַר וַ⁠יָּ֤צָם דָּוִד֙ צ֔וֹם וּ⁠בָ֥א וְ⁠לָ֖ן וְ⁠שָׁכַ֥ב אָֽרְצָ⁠ה׃ 
   (va⁠yəⱱaqqēsh dāvid ʼet-hā⁠ʼₑlohiym bəˊad ha⁠nnāˊar va⁠yyāʦām dāvid ʦōm ū⁠ⱱāʼ və⁠lān və⁠shākaⱱ ʼārəʦā⁠h.)

Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And David sought God for the sake of the boy. And David fasted a fast, and he came, and he spent the night, and he laid down on the ground.

UST So David prayed to God that the child would not die. He fasted, and he went into his room and lay all night on the floor.


BSB David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth [fn] on the ground.


12:16 DSS and LXX; MT does not include in sackcloth.

OEB Then David besought God for the child, and fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

WEB David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.

NET Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

LSV and David seeks God for the youth, and David keeps a fast, and has gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

FBV David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy. He fasted, went to his bedroom, and spent the night lying in sackcloth[fn] on the ground.


12:16 “In sackcloth”: Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls reading.

T4T So David prayed to God that the child would not die. He fasted/abstained from food►, and he went into the room where he slept and lay all night on the floor.

LEB David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.

BBE So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

MOFNo MOF 2SA book available

JPS David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and as often as he went in, he lay all night upon the earth.

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

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

YLT and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

DBY And David besought [fn]God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.


12.16 Elohim

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

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

KJB David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.[fn]
  (David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.)


12.16 fasted: Heb. fasted a fast

BB Dauid therefore besought God for the childe, and fasted, and went in, & laye all night vpon the earth.
  (Dauid therefore besought God for the child, and fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.)

GNV Dauid therefore besought God for the childe, and fasted and went in, and lay all night vpon the earth.
  (Dauid therefore besought God for the child, and fasted and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. )

CB And Dauid besoughte God for the childe, and fasted, and wente in, and laie all nighte vpon the earth.
  (And Dauid besoughte God for the child, and fasted, and went in, and laie all night upon the earth.)

WYC And Dauid preiede the Lord for the litil child; and Dauid fastide bi fastyng, and entride asidis half, and lai on the erthe.
  (And Dauid prayed the Lord for the little child; and Dauid fastide by fasting, and entered asidis half, and lai on the earth.)

LUT Und David ersuchte GOtt um das Knäblein und fastete; und ging hinein und lag über Nacht auf der Erde.
  (And David ersuchte God around/by/for the Knäblein and fastete; and went hinein and lag above night on the earth.)

CLV Deprecatusque est David Dominum pro parvulo: et jejunavit David jejunio, et ingressus seorsum, jacuit super terram.
  (Deprecatusque it_is David Dominum pro parvulo: and yeyunavit David yeyunio, and ingressus seorsum, yacuit super the_earth/land. )

BRN And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐζήτησε Δαυὶδ τὸν Θεὸν περὶ τοῦ παιδαρίου, καὶ ἐνήστευσε Δαυὶδ νηστείαν, καὶ εἰσῆλθε καὶ ηὐλίσθη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
  (Kai ezaʸtaʸse Dawid ton Theon peri tou paidariou, kai enaʸsteuse Dawid naʸsteian, kai eisaʸlthe kai aʸulisthaʸ epi taʸs gaʸs. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

12:1-31 Chapter 12 expands on the last phrase of 11:27.

BI 2Sa 12:16 ©