2 Samuel 12:15 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 12:15

13 ^aSo David said to Nathan, ^b“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has ^cput away your sin; you shall not die.

14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord ^ato blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”

15 Then Nathan departed to his house. And the ^aLord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill.

The Death of David’s Son

16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and ^alay all night on the ground.

17 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.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 12:15

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American Standard Version
And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

Amplified® Bible
Then Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, and he was very sick.

Contemporary English Version
Then Nathan went back home. The LORD made David's young son very sick.

Darby English Version
And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

Good News Bible
Then Nathan went home. The LORD caused the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David to become very sick.

King James Version
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

New American Standard Bible
So Nathan went to his house. Then the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was {very} sick.

New International Version
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

New King James Version
Then Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Nathan went to his house.

Revised Standard Version
Then Nathan went to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uri'ah's wife bore to David, and it became sick.

Young's Literal Translation
And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

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The Death of David’s Son

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