2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.In other versions
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
ASV
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
BBE
But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
DBY
But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
WEB
and now, he hath died, why `is' this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
YLT
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
ENG
But now he is dead, Why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
WBT
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
BSB
In context
21Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.