The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them.
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- KJV And 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.
- BSB The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
- NKJV So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
- NASB The elders of his household stood beside him in order to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.
- NLT The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Sam 3:35All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
- 1 Sam 28:23But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
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