2 Samuel 12:17
2 Samuel 12:15-18 The Message (MSG)
After Nathan went home, GOD afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he came down sick. David prayed desperately to God for the little boy. He fasted, wouldn’t go out, and slept on the floor. The elders in his family came in and tried to get him off the floor, but he wouldn’t budge. Nor could they get him to eat anything. On the seventh day the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him. They said, “What do we do now? While the child was living he wouldn’t listen to a word we said. Now, with the child dead, if we speak to him there’s no telling what he’ll do.”
2 Samuel 12:17 King James Version (KJV)
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 New Century Version (NCV)
The elders of David’s family came to him and tried to pull him up from the ground, but he refused to get up or to eat food with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 New International Version (NIV)
The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
2 Samuel 12:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The elders of his household stood by him [in the night] to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling [to get up] and would not eat food with them.