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La Bible David Martin

2 Samuel 12:18

Et il arriva que l'enfant mourut le septième jour, et les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui [apprendre] que l'enfant était mort; car ils disaient : Voici, quand l'enfant était en vie, nous lui avons parlé, et il n'a point voulu écouter notre voix; comment donc lui dirions-nous que l'enfant est mort, afin qu'il s'afflige davantage?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bereavement;   Children;   David;   Fasting;   Parents;   Servant;   Seven;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Children;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Parable;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bath-Sheba;   David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Diseases;   Intercession;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Bathsheba;   Prayer;   Samuel, Books of;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nathan ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nathan;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fast;   Nathan (1);   Samuel, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bathsheba;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et le septième jour l'enfant mourut, et les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui faire savoir que l'enfant était mort; car ils disaient: Quand l'enfant était en vie, nous lui avons parlé, et il n'a point écouté notre voix; comment donc lui dirions-nous que l'enfant est mort? Il ferait bien pis encore.
Darby's French Translation
Et il arriva, le septième jour, que l'enfant mourut; et les serviteurs de David craignirent de lui apprendre que l'enfant était mort, car ils disaient: Voici, lorsque l'enfant était en vie, nous lui avons parlé, et il n'a pas écouté notre voix; et comment lui dirions-nous: L'enfant est-il mort? Il fera quelque mal.
Louis Segond (1910)
Le septième jour, l'enfant mourut. Les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui annoncer que l'enfant était mort. Car ils disaient: Voici, lorsque l'enfant vivait encore, nous lui avons parlé, et il ne nous a pas écoutés; comment oserons-nous lui dire: L'enfant est mort? Il s'affligera bien davantage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seventh day: vex, Heb. do hurt to, 2 Samuel 12:18, Numbers 20:15

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died,.... Not the seventh day from its being taken ill, but from its birth; for it cannot be thought that David should fast seven days:

and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; lest he should be overwhelmed with too much sorrow:

for they said, behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him; to rise from the ground, and eat food:

and he would not hearken unto our voice; we could not prevail upon him to do the one nor the other:

how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead? or should we acquaint him with it, "he will do mischief" w to himself, to his body; he will tear his flesh to pieces, and cut and kill himself; this they were afraid of, observing the distress and agony he was in while it was living, and therefore they concluded these would increase upon hearing of its death.

w ועשה רעה και ποιησει κακα, Sept. "faciat malum", Pagninus, Montanus; "malum [sibi] inferet", Syr. Ar.


 
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