2 Samuel 12:16
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New International Version (©1984)
David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.

New Living Translation (©2007)
David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

English Standard Version (©2001)
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
David pleaded with God for the child; he fasted and lay on the ground all night.

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

American King James Version
David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

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

Darby Bible Translation
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

World English Bible
David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

Geneva Study Bible

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

(i) That is, to his private chamber.

Wesley's Notes

12:16 Besought - Supposing the threatening might be conditional, and so the execution of it prevented by prayer. Went - Into his closet.

King James Translators' Notes

fasted: Heb. fasted a fast

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, beloved of the Lord.


2 Samuel 13:31 Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.
Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. (NASB ©1995)

Begged Besought Child David Earth Fast Fasted Food Ground House Inquired Keepeth Lain Lay Night Nights Often Pleaded Prayer Seeketh Spent Stretching Youth

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

besought 2Sa 12:22 Ps 50:15 Isa 26:16 Joe 2:12-14 Jon 3:9

fasted [heb] fasted a fast Es 4:16 Ps 69:10 Isa 22:12 Ac 9:9

lay all night 2Sa 13:31 Job 20:12-14

Bible Gateway: 2 Samuel Chapter 12 Verse 16 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

Alphabetical: all and child David fasted for God ground He his house inquired into lay lying night nights of on pleaded spent the therefore went with

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