2 Samuel 12:16

New International Version

¹⁶David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying^(A) in sackcloth^[a] on the ground.

2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.

2 Samuel 12:16

King James Version

¹⁶David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

²⁴My knees give^(A) way from fasting;^(B)
my body is thin and gaunt.^(C)

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

New International Version (NIV)