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.


In Context

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.

18 On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."

19 David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead."

2nd Samuel 12:17 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:17And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

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.