2 Samuel 12:21

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

A tamnanawk mah, Tikhoe hae tiah na oh loe? Nawkta hing nathung ah buh na zah moe, na qah; nawkta duek naah loe, nang thawk moe, buh aan to na caak lat, tiah a naa o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah a sal rhoek loh amah taengah, “Hebang khoboe he metlamnim, camoe a hing vaengah caak yaeh na saii tih na rhap. Camoe a duek vaengah nim na thoo tih buh na caak,” a ti na uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah a sal rhoek loh amah taengah, “Hebang khoboe he metlamnim, camoe a hing vaengah caak yaeh na saii tih na rhap. Camoe a duek vaengah nim na thoo tih buh na caak,” a ti na uh .

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Alaila, i aku la kana mau kauwa ia ia. Heaha keia au i hana iho nei? hookeai iho la oe me ka uwe i ke keiki i kona wa e ola ana; a make iho ke keiki, ua ala ae oe a ai iho i ka ai.

English Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun pa l' yo t'ap di l': -Monwa, nou pa konprann sa w'ap fè konsa? Lè pitit la te vivan, ou t'ap plede kriye, ou rete san manje. Men, mouri pitit lan mouri, ou leve, ou manje.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixerunt autem ei servi sui: Quis est sermo quem fecisti? propter infantem, cum adhuc viveret, jejunasti et flebas: mortuo autem puero, surrexisti, et comedisti panem.

Bible in Basic English

Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et ses serviteurs lui dirent : Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? Tu as jeûné et tu as pleuré à cause de l’enfant, pendant qu’il était en vie ; et quand l’enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges .

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Služebníci pak jeho řekli jemu: Co jsi to učinil? Pro dítě, když živo bylo, postils se a plakal, ale jakž dítě umřelo, vstal jsi a přijal jsi pokrm.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet pwapa lal ah fahk nu sel, “Kut tiana kalem ke ma kom oru inge. Ke tulik sac srakna moul ah, kom tung kacl ac srunga mongo. Na inge el tufahna misa a kom tukakek ac mongo!”

World Portuguese Bible

Então os seus servos lhe perguntaram: “O que é isso que você fez? Você jejuou e chorou pela criança enquanto ela estava viva, mas quando a criança morreu, você se levantou e comeu pão.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Atunci servitorii săi i-au spus: Ce este acest lucru pe care l-ai făcut? Tu ai postit și ai plâns pentru prunc în timp ce era în viață; dar acum când pruncul este mort, te-ai ridicat și ai mâncat pâine?

Brenton English Septuagint

And his servants said to him, What is this thing that thou hast done concerning the child? while it was yet living thou didst fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead thou didst rise up, and didst eat bread, and drink.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မှူး​မတ်​များ​က``အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့​သည်​အ​ရှင်​ပြု တော်​မူ​ပုံ​ကို​နား​မ​လည်​နိုင်​ကြ​ပါ။ အ​ရှင် သည်​က​လေး​အ​သက်​ရှင်​နေ​စဉ်​အ​ခါ​က ငို​ယို​လျက်​အ​စား​အ​စာ​ကို​မ​စား​ဘဲ​နေ ပါ​၏။ သို့​ရာ​တွင်​ယ​ခု​က​လေး​သေ​ဆုံး​သည် နှင့်​တစ်​ပြိုင်​နက်​ထ​၍​စား​တော်​ခေါ်​ပါ​သည် တ​ကား'' ဟု​လျှောက်​ထား​ကြ​၏။

Darby Translation

And his servants said to him, What thing is this which thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child alive; but as soon as the child is dead, thou dost rise and eat bread.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da sprachen seine Knechte zu ihm: Was ist das für ein Ding, das du tust? Als das Kind lebte, hast du um seinetwillen gefastet und geweint, und wie das Kind tot ist, stehst du auf und issest?

Dutch Bible 1917

Zo zeiden zijn knechten tot hem: Wat is dit voor een ding, dat gij gedaan hebt? Om des levenden kinds wil hebt gij gevast en geweend; maar nadat het kind gestorven is, zijt gij opgestaan en hebt brood gegeten.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zijn dienaren zeiden tot hem: Wat moet dat toch betekenen, wat gij doet? Zolang het kind in leven was, hebt gij gevast en geweend: zodra het gestorven is, staat gij op en gij eet.

Italian Diodati Bible

E i suoi servitori gli dissero: Che cosa è questo che tu hai fatto? tu hai digiunato, e pianto per lo fanciullo, mentre era ancora in vita; e quando egli è stato morto, tu ti sei levato, ed hai mangiato.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And his servants said to 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 up, and eat bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then saide his seruants vnto him, What thing is this, that thou hast done? thou diddest fast and weepe for the childe while it was aliue, but when the childe was dead, thou diddest rise vp, and eate meate.

Danish Bible 1931

Da sagde hans Folk til ham: “Hvorledes er det dog, du bærer dig ad? Medens Barnet endnu levede, fastede du og græd; og nu da Barnet er død, rejser du dig og spiser!”

Leeser Tanakh

And his servants then said unto him, What is this thing which thou hast done? On account of the child when living thou didst fast and weep; but as soon as the child was dead thou didst arise and eat bread!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.'

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các tôi tớ hỏi người rằng: Vua làm chi vậy? Khi đứa trẻ nầy còn sống, vua kiêng ăn và khóc vì nó; và bấy giờ, nó đã chết vua chờ dậy và ăn!

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻae meʻa ko eni ʻaia kuo ke fai? Naʻa ke ʻaukai mo tangi koeʻuhi ko e tamasiʻi ʻi heʻene kei moʻui; ka ʻi heʻene pekia ʻae tamasiʻi, naʻa ke tuʻu hake mo ke kai ʻae meʻakai.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et ses serviteurs lui dirent: Qu'est-ce donc que tu fais? Tu as jeûné et pleuré pour l'enfant, lorsqu'il était encore en vie; et quand l'enfant est mort, tu te lèves, et tu prends de la nourriture?

Esperanto Bible

Tiam diris al li liaj servantoj: Kion signifas tio, kion vi faris? dum la infano estis ankoraŭ vivanta, vi fastis kaj ploris; kaj kiam la infano mortis, vi leviĝis kaj manĝis!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ses serviteurs lui dirent: Que signifie ce que tu fais? Tandis que l’enfant vivait, tu jeûnais et tu pleurais; et maintenant que l’enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges!

German Luther Bible 1912

Da sprachen seine Knechte zu ihm: Was ist das für ein Ding, das du tust? Da das Kind lebte, fastetest du und weintest; aber nun es gestorben ist, stehst du auf und ißt?

LXX2012 U. S. English

And his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done concerning the child? while it was yet living you did fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead you did rise up, and did eat bread, and drink.

British English Septuagint 2012

And his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done concerning the child? while it was yet living you did fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead you did rise up, and did eat bread, and drink.

Majority Standard BIble

“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.”

Webster Bible

Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but after the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

I suoi servi gli dissero: “Che cosa fai? Quando il bambino era vivo ancora, tu digiunavi e piangevi; e ora ch’è morto, ti alzi e mangi!”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ses serviteurs lui dirent : « Que signifie cette façon d’agir ? Tant que l’enfant était vivant, tu as jeûné et pleuré ; et maintenant que l’enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges ! »

Reina Valera 1909

Y dijéronle sus siervos: ¿Qué es esto que has hecho? Por el niño, viviendo aún, ayunabas y llorabas; y él muerto, levantástete y comiste pan.

Spanish BLL

Sus oficiales le preguntaron: ¿Por qué se comporta usted así? Mientras el niño vivía, usted ayunaba y lloraba; pero ahora que el niño ha muerto, ¡se levanta y se pone a comer!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y le dijeron sus siervos: ¿Qué es esto que habéis hecho? Por el niño, viviendo aún, ayunabais y llorabais; y muerto él, os levantasteis y comisteis pan.

Croatian Bible

A njegovi dvorani upitaše ga: “Što to radiš? Dok je dijete bilo živo, postio si i plakao; a sada, kad je dijete umrlo, ustaješ i jedeš!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A sluge njegove rekoše mu: Šta to radiš? Dok beše dete živo, postio si i plakao; a kad umre dete, ustao si i jedeš.

German Textbibel

Seine Höflinge aber fragten ihn: Was ist denn das für ein Verfahren, daß du wegen des Kindes eingeschlagen hast? Als es noch lebte, da hast du gefastet und geweint - und nun, nachdem das Kind gestorben ist, bist du aufgestanden und hast Speise genossen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And his servants said to him, What is this thing that thou hast done concerning the child? while it was yet living thou didst fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead thou didst rise up, and didst eat bread, and drink.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ עֲבָדָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתָה בַּעֲב֞וּר הַיֶּ֤לֶד חַי֙ צַ֣מְתָּ וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ֣ת הַיֶּ֔לֶד קַ֖מְתָּ וַתֹּ֥אכַל לָֽחֶם׃

World English Bible

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World English Bible British Edition

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World English Bible Classic

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World English Bible Updated

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World Messianic Bible

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”

Young's Literal Translation

And his servants say unto him, 'What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.'

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν· τί τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, ὃ ἐποίησας ἕνεκα τοῦ παιδαρίου; ἔτι ζῶντος ἐνήστευες καὶ ἔκλαιες καὶ ἠγρύπνεις, καὶ ἡνίκα ἀπέθανε τὸ παιδάριον, ἀνέστης καὶ ἔφαγες ἄρτον καὶ πέπωκας;

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν, τί τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ὃ ἐποίησας ἕνεκα τοῦ παιδαρίου; ἔτι ζῶντος ἐνήστευες καὶ ἔκλαιες καὶ ἠγρύπνεις, καὶ ἡνίκα ἀπέθανε τὸ παιδάριον, ἀνέστης, καὶ ἔφαγες ἄρτον, καὶ πέπωκας;

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Служиторий луй й-ау зис: „Че ынсямнэ чея че фачь? Кынд трэя копилул, постяй ши плынӂяй, ши акум, кынд а мурит копилул, те сколь ши мэнынчь!”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І питали в його дворяне: Що се в тебе за спосіб; що се значить: як дитя було ще живе, ти постив та плакав, а тепер, як дитина вмерла, ти встав і їв?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І питали в його дворяне: Що се в тебе за спосіб; що се значить: як дитя було ще живе, ти постив та плакав, а тепер, як дитина вмерла, ти встав і їв?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

А слуге његове рекоше му: Шта то радиш? Док беше дете живо, постио си и плакао; а кад умре дете, устао си и једеш.

Russian Synodal Bible

И сказали ему слуги его: что значит, что ты так поступаешь: когда дитя было еще живо, ты постился и плакал и не спал; а когда дитя умерло, ты встал и ел хлеб и пил?

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ עֲבָדָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתָה בַּעֲב֞וּר הַיֶּ֤לֶד חַי֙ צַ֣מְתָּ וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ֣ת הַיֶּ֔לֶד קַ֖מְתָּ וַתֹּ֥אכַל לָֽחֶם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויאמרו עבדיו אליו מה הדבר הזה אשר עשיתה בעבור הילד חי צמת ותבך וכאשר מת הילד קמת ותאכל לחם׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبِيدُهُ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلْتَ؟ لَمَّا كَانَ ٱلْوَلَدُ حَيًّا صُمْتَ وَبَكَيْتَ، وَلَمَّا مَاتَ ٱلْوَلَدُ قُمْتَ وَأَكَلْتَ خُبْزًا».

Old Persion Version Bible

و خادمانش به وی گفتند: «این چه‌کار است که کردی؟ وقتی که طفل زنده بود روزه گرفته، گریه نمودی و چون طفل مرد، برخاسته، خوراک خوردی؟»

Judson Burmese Bible

ကျွန် တို့ကလည်း ၊ ကိုယ်တော်သည် အဘယ်သို့ ပြု တော်မူသနည်း။ သူငယ်အသက် ရှင်စဉ်အခါ၊ သူငယ် အတွက် အစာ ရှောင်လျက် ငိုကြွေး လျက် နေတော်မူ၏။ သူငယ် သေ သောအခါ ထ ၍ စားတော်ခေါ် ပါသည်တကားဟု လျှောက် လျှင်၊

Korean Bible 1910

신복들이 왕께 묻되 `아이가 살았을 때에는 위하여 금식하고 우시니 죽은 후에는 일어나서 잡수시니 어찜이니이까 ?'

Japanese Freedom Bible

すると、しもべたちは彼に言った。「あなたがされたこの事は何ですか。子が生きている間は、あなたはその子のために断食して泣かれましたが、子が死ぬと、あなたは起き上がってパンを食べられました。」

World Chinese Bible

臣仆对他说：“你所做的这事是什么意思呢？孩子活着的时候，你禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你却起来吃饭。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

臣仆问他说：「你所行的是什么意思？孩子活着的时候，你禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你倒起来吃饭。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

臣僕問他說：「你所行的是甚麼意思？孩子活着的時候，你禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你倒起來吃飯。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E disseram-lhe seus servos: Que é isto que fizeste? Pelo menino, vivendo ainda, jejuavas e choravas; e ele morto, levantaste-te e comeste pão.

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Mashi Bible

Abambali bamudôsa erhi: «Bici wakâg’ijira halya? Ene omwâna aciri azîne, waleka okulya, wagendekera okulaka. Buno omwâna ànafîre wamagangamuka, wamarhôndêra n’okulya.»

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Da sprachen seine Knechte zu ihm: Was ist das für ein Verfahren, das du befolgst? Als das Kind lebte, fastetest und weintest du; nun aber, da es gestorben ist, stehst du auf und issest Brot?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Entonces sus siervos le dijeron: ¿Por qué has estado actuando de esta manera? estabas llorando y sin comer mientras el niño aún vivía; pero cuando el niño murió, te levantaste y comiste.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Sus esclavos le dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que hiciste? Mientras el niño vivía, ayunabas y llorabas, pero cuando el niño murió, te levantaste y comiste pan.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Then said his avadim unto him, What davar is this that thou hast done? Thou didst undergo a tzom and weep for the sake of the yeled, while it was alive; but when the yeled was dead, thou didst rise and eat lechem.

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