17And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.


In Context

14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.

15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.

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

17 And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

19 But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him: He is dead.

2 Samuel 12:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:17The 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17The 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:17And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And 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.