2 Samuel 12:22
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
— 2 Samuel 12:22, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And he saith, 'While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? --Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;