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OET (OET-RV) Then Abner sent messengers to David to tell him, “Who should be king of this country? Let’s come to an agreement and then I could join you and help make all of Yisrael turn to you.”
OET-LV and_ ʼAⱱnēr _sent messengers to Dāvid on_behalf_his[fn] to_say to_belong_whom the_land to_say make covenant_of_your with_me and_see/lo/see hand_of_my with_you to_bring_over to_you DOM all_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
3:12 OSHB variant note: תחת/ו: (x-qere) ’תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו’: lemma_8478 morph_HR/Sp3ms id_10t1W תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו
UHB וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ אַבְנֵ֨ר מַלְאָכִ֧ים ׀ אֶל־דָּוִ֛ד תַּחְתָּ֥יו [fn] לֵאמֹ֖ר לְמִי־אָ֑רֶץ לֵאמֹ֗ר כָּרְתָ֤ה בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ אִתִּ֔י וְהִנֵּה֙ יָדִ֣י עִמָּ֔ךְ לְהָסֵ֥ב אֵלֶ֖יךָ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ‡
(vayyishlaḩ ʼaⱱnēr malʼākim ʼel-dāvid taḩtāyv lēʼmor ləmī-ʼāreʦ lēʼmor kārətāh ⱱəritkā ʼittiy vəhinnēh yādiy ˊimmāk ləhāşēⱱ ʼēleykā ʼet-kāl-yisrāʼēl.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
Q תחתו
BrLXX Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀβεννὴρ ἀγγέλους πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Θαιλὰμ οὗ ἦν, παραχρῆμα, λέγων, διάθου διαθήκην σου μετʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ χείρ μου μετὰ σοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς σὲ πάντα τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ.
(Kai apesteilen Abennaʸr angelous pros Dawid eis Thailam hou aʸn, paraⱪraʸma, legōn, diathou diathaʸkaʸn sou metʼ emou, kai idou haʸ ⱪeir mou meta sou epistrepsai pros se panta ton oikon Israaʸl. )
BrTr And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thælam where he was, immediately, saying, Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand is with thee to bring back to thee all the house of Israel.
ULT And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf saying, “To whom belongs the land?” saying, “Cut your covenant with me, and look, my hand is with you, to make all of Israel turn to you.”
UST Then Abner sent messengers to David when he was at Hebron to say to him, “Either you or I should be the ruler of this entire nation, but not Isbosheth. However, if you make an agreement with me, I will help you by encouraging all the people of Israel to ask for you to be their king.”
BSB Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom [does] the land [belong]? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand [will be] with you to bring all Israel {over} to you.”
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB So Abner sent messengers to David to saying, ‘Make your league with me, then I will co-operate with you in bringing over all Israel to you.’
WEBBE Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you.”
LSV And Abner sends messengers to David for himself, saying, “Whose [is] the land?” [And] saying, “Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand [is] with you, to bring around all Israel to you.”
FBV Then Abner sent messengers to speak for him to David, saying, “Who does the country belong to anyway? Make an agreement with me, and you can be sure I'll be on your side to have all of Israel follow you.”
T4T Then Abner sent messengers to David when he was at Hebron, to say to him, “Either you or I should be [RHQ] the ruler of this entire nation, but not Isbosheth. However, if you make an agreement with me, I will help you by encouraging all the people of Israel to ◄be want you to be their king/start to support► you.”
LEB No LEB 2 SAM book available
BBE And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.
Moff No Moff 2 SAM book available
JPS And Abner sent messengers to David straightway, saying: 'Whose is the land?' saying also: 'Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring over all Israel unto thee.'
ASV And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
DRA Abner therefore sent messengers to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should say: Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee: and I will bring all Israel to thee.
YLT And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, 'Whose [is] the land?' saying, 'Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.'
Drby And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make thy covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to turn all Israel to thee.
RV And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
(And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy/your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee/you, to bring about all Israel unto thee/you. )
SLT And Abner will send messengers to David for his sake, saying, To whom the land? saying, Cut out thy covenant with me, and behold, my hand with thee to turn about to thee all Israel.
Wbstr And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also , Make thy league with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel to thee.
KJB-1769 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
(¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy/your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee/you, to bring about all Israel unto thee/you. )
KJB-1611 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and behold, my hand shall bee with thee, to bring about all Israel vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
Bshps No Bshps 2 SAM book available
Gnva Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.
(Then Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make covenant with me, and behold, mine hand shall be with thee/you, to bring all Israel unto thee/you. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 2 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 2 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 2 SAM book available
ClVg Misit ergo Abner nuntios ad David pro se dicentes: Cujus est terra? et ut loquerentur: Fac mecum amicitias, et erit manus mea tecum, et reducam ad te universum Israël.
(He_sent therefore Abner messengers to David for himself saying: Cuyus it_is earth/land? and as speakntur: Fac with_me friendstias, and will_be hands my with_you, and I_will_bring_back to you(sg) whole Israel. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 2 SAM book available
3:12 In the proposed solemn pact (or covenant), Abner recognized that David would be king, while perhaps he hoped to be second-in-command.
Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants
(Occurrence 0) to David
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent ʼAⱱnēr messengers to/towards Dāvid on_~_behalf,his to=say to_~_belong,whom land to=say make, covenant_of,your with,me and=see/lo/see! hand_of,my with,you to,bring_~_over to,you DOM all/each/any/every Yisrael )
Some versions add “when he was at Hebron” and others do not. You may want to add the phrase if it is present in your national version.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Whose land is this?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent ʼAⱱnēr messengers to/towards Dāvid on_~_behalf,his to=say to_~_belong,whom land to=say make, covenant_of,your with,me and=see/lo/see! hand_of,my with,you to,bring_~_over to,you DOM all/each/any/every Yisrael )
Abner asks this question to imply that he did not consider Ishbosheth to rightfully be the king, and that Israel needs a different ruler.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) my hand is with you
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent ʼAⱱnēr messengers to/towards Dāvid on_~_behalf,his to=say to_~_belong,whom land to=say make, covenant_of,your with,me and=see/lo/see! hand_of,my with,you to,bring_~_over to,you DOM all/each/any/every Yisrael )
Here “hand” represents Abner’s assistance that he is offering to David. Alternate translation: “I will assist you”