2 Samuel 12:23

WEB

²³But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

KJV

²³But 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.

BSB

²³But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

FBV

²³But now that he's dead, what's the point for me to go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? One day I will die and go to him, but he will never come back to me.”

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Extra References

Genesis 37:35

³⁵All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol^[+] to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

Luke 23:43

⁴³Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Job 30:23

²³For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

⁸The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. ⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol^[+] will come up no more. ¹⁰He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.