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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.

KJV

Nunc autem quia mortuus est, quare jejunem ? numquid potero revocare eum amplius ? ego vadam magis ad eum : ille vero non revertetur ad me.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν τέθνηκεν, ἵνα τί τοῦτο ἐγὼ νηστεύω; μὴ δυνήσομαι αὐτὸ ἐπιστρέψαι ἔτι; ἐγὼ πορεύσομαι πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἀναστρέψει πρὸς μέ.

LXX

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

וְ/עַתָּ֣ה מֵ֗ת לָ֤/מָּה זֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י צָ֔ם הַ/אוּכַ֥ל לַ/הֲשִׁיב֖/וֹ ע֑וֹד אֲנִי֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ אֵלָ֔י/ו וְ/ה֖וּא לֹֽא יָשׁ֥וּב אֵלָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יָּצֻ֖מוּ
ytsmv
verb · 21×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Job 7:9 — As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
  • Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
  • Job 30:23 — For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
  • Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.