15After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.


In Context

12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.' "

13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord ." Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

14 But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

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

17 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.

2nd Samuel 12:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.