2 Samuel 12:16
ContextNET © | Then David prayed to 1 God for the child and fasted. 2 He would even 3 go and spend the night lying on the ground. |
NIV © | David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground. |
NASB © | David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. |
NLT © | David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. |
MSG © | David prayed desperately to God for the little boy. He fasted, wouldn't go out, and slept on the floor. |
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. |
NRSV © | David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground. |
NKJV © | David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. |
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NET © | Then David prayed to 1 God for the child and fasted. 2 He would even 3 go and spend the night lying on the ground. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.” 2 tn Heb “and David fasted.” 3 tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting. |