Translations
While the baby was still alive, I fasted and wept,' David answered. 'I kept thinking, "Who knows? Maybe Yahweh will be merciful and let him live."'
He said: 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept—for I said: "Who knows? YHWH may yet be gracious to me, and the child may live."'
And 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?
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

