Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath New Living Translation May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t do everything I can to help David get what the LORD has promised him! English Standard Version God do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the LORD has sworn to him, Berean Standard Bible May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him: King James Bible So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; New King James Version May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David as the LORD has sworn to him— New American Standard Bible May God do so to me, and more so, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him: NASB 1995 “May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him, NASB 1977 “May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him, Legacy Standard Bible May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as Yahweh has sworn to David, I do not do this for him, Amplified Bible May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David just as the LORD has sworn to him, Christian Standard Bible May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the LORD swore to him: Holman Christian Standard Bible May God punish Abner and do so severely if I dont do for David what the LORD swore to him: American Standard Version God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him; Contemporary English Version I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the LORD promised him! English Revised Version God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him; GOD'S WORD® Translation May God strike me dead unless I do for David what the LORD had promised him with an oath: International Standard Version Therefore may God do to me —and more also!—just as the LORD has promised to David, since I'm doing this for him: Majority Standard Bible May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him: NET Bible God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him, New Heart English Bible God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not do even so to him; Webster's Bible Translation So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; World English Bible God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him: Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThus God does to Abner, and thus He adds to him, surely as YHWH has sworn to David—surely so I do to him: Young's Literal Translation thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David -- surely so I do to him: Smith's Literal Translation Thus will God do to Abner, and thus will he add to him, for as Jehovah sware to David that thus I will do to him: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSo do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him, Catholic Public Domain Version May God do these things to Abner, and may he add these other things, if, in the same way that the Lord swore to David, I do not do so with him: New American Bible May God do thus to Abner, and more, if I do not carry out for David what the LORD swore to him— New Revised Standard Version So may God do to Abner and so may he add to it! For just what the LORD has sworn to David, that will I accomplish for him, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo do God to Abner, and more also, if I do not perform what the LORD has spoken to David, even so will I do, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated So will God do to Abnir and so will he add to him if, just as LORD JEHOVAH has said to David, I shall not do for him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him; Brenton Septuagint Translation God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abner Joins David…8Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman! 9May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him: 10to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”… Cross References Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— Genesis 17:4-8 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. / No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. / I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ... Genesis 22:16-18 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. Joshua 21:45 Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled. 1 Samuel 15:29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.” 1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. Psalm 89:34-37 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. / Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— / his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, ... Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. Isaiah 46:10-11 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ / I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it. Jeremiah 33:20-21 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, / then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne. Ezekiel 12:25 because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’” Treasury of Scripture So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him; So do God 2 Samuel 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. 2 Samuel 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. Ruth 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. as the Lord 1 Samuel 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 1 Samuel 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 1 Samuel 25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. as the Lord 1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons… 1 Samuel 28:17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: Jump to Previous Abner Accomplish Add David Deal Except God's Oath Promised Punishment Severely Surely SwornJump to Next Abner Accomplish Add David Deal Except God's Oath Promised Punishment Severely Surely Sworn2 Samuel 3 1. During the war David becomes stronger2. Six sons are born to him in Hebron 6. Abner, displeased with Ishbosheth 7. revolts to David 13. David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal 17. Abner confers with the Israelites, feasted by David, and dismissed 22. Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner 28. David curses Joab 31. and mourns for Abner May God punish Abner This phrase reflects the solemnity and seriousness of Abner's oath. In the Hebrew context, invoking God's punishment was a way to underscore the gravity of one's words. The Hebrew word for "punish" here is often associated with divine retribution, indicating that Abner is calling upon God as a witness to his sincerity. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of making oaths in the name of a deity, which was binding and sacred. and ever so severely if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew May Godאֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative punish כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now Abner, לְאַבְנֵ֔ר (lə·’aḇ·nêr) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name and ever so וְכֹ֖ה (wə·ḵōh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now severely, יֹסִ֣יף (yō·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment if כִּ֗י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I do not do אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (’e·‘ĕ·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make for David לְדָוִ֔ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has sworn to him, נִשְׁבַּ֤ע (niš·ba‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear Links 2 Samuel 3:9 NIV2 Samuel 3:9 NLT 2 Samuel 3:9 ESV 2 Samuel 3:9 NASB 2 Samuel 3:9 KJV 2 Samuel 3:9 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 3:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 3:9 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 3:9 French Bible 2 Samuel 3:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 3:9 God do so to Abner and more (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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