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  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 21 His servants asked him: “Why have you acted in this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and kept weeping; but as soon as the child died, you got up and ate food.”

  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 21 His servants asked him: “Why have you acted in this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and kept weeping; but as soon as the child died, you got up and ate food.”

  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 21 Consequently his servants said to him: “What does this thing mean that you have done? For the sake of the child while alive you fasted and kept weeping; and just as soon as the child had died you got up and began to eat bread.”

  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    The Bible in Living English
    • 21* And his officers said to him “What does this mean that you have done? while the child was alive you fasted and wept on his account, and when the child was dead you got up and ate bread.”

  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    American Standard Version
    • 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

  • 2 Samuel 12:21
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 21 Then said his servants unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done? For the child’s sake, while living, thou didst fast and weep, but as soon as the child was dead thou didst arise and eat food.

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