2 Samuel 12:16

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.

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

David prayed desperately to God for the little boy. He fasted, wouldn't go out, and slept on the floor.

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.

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

David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

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.

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.