Catholic Public Domain Version
"But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me.” "
— 2 Samuel 12:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."”
“But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back at this point? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’””
“But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.”
“But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.”
“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.”
Therefore, David rose up from the ground. And he washed and anointed himself. And when he had changed his clothing, he entered the house of the Lord, and he worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and he asked them to place bread before him, and he ate.
But his servants said to him: “What is this word that you have done? You fasted and were weeping, on behalf of the infant, while he was still alive. But when the boy was dead, you arose and ate bread.”
And he said: “While he was yet alive, I fasted and wept on behalf of the infant. For I said: Who knows if the Lord may perhaps give him to me, and let the infant live?
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me.”
And David consoled his wife Bathsheba. And entering to her, he slept with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
And he sent, by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name, Beloved of the Lord, because the Lord loved him.
And then Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he fought outside the royal city.