2 Samuel 12:23
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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 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.”
In other translations
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 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.”
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּה׀ve'atahand nowH6258מֵתmethe has diedH4191לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100זֶּהzehthisH2088אֲנִי'ani[am] IH589צָםtzamfastingH6684הַאוּכַלha'ukhal¿ am I ableH3201לַהֲשִׁיבוֹlahashivoto bring back himH7725עוֹדodagainH5750אֲנִי'aniIH589הֹלֵךְholekh[am] goingH1980אֵלָיו'elavto himH413וְהוּאvehu'and heH1931לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָשׁוּבyashuvhe will returnH7725אֵלָי׃'elaito meH413
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- Job 7:8-108 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. 9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. 10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
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