David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground.
Parallel translations
- KJV David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- BSB David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- NKJV David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
- NASB David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
- NLT David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
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Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 13:31Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
- Ps 69:10When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
- Esth 4:16“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
- Jonah 3:9Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
- Isa 22:12In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:
- Acts 9:9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
- Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- 1 Kgs 21:27When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- 2 Sam 12:22He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
- Job 20:12–14“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
- Isa 26:16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
- Joel 2:12–14“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
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