2 Samuel 12:21
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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.“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
In other translations
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.“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559עֲבָדָיו'avadavservants hisH5650אֵלָיו'elavto himH413מָה־mah-what?H4100הַדָּבָרhadavar[is] the thingH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עָשִׂיתָה'asitahyou have doneH6213בַּעֲבוּרba'avurfor sake ofH5668הַיֶּלֶדhaiyeledthe childH3206חַיchai[was] aliveH2416צַמְתָּtzamtayou fastedH6684וַתֵּבְךְּvatevekand you weptH1058וְכַאֲשֶׁרvekha'asherand just whenH834מֵתmethe diedH4191הַיֶּלֶדhaiyeledthe childH3206קַמְתָּkamtayou aroseH6965וַתֹּאכַלvatokhaland you ateH398לָחֶם׃lachemfoodH3899
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
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