2 Samuel 3:9

Green's Literal Translation

May God do to Abner, and more so, if I do not do to David as Jehovah has sworn,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the Lord swore to him:

Hebrew Names Version
God do so to Aviner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;

King James Version
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

Lexham English Bible
Thus may God punish Abner, if I do not accomplish what Yahweh has sworn to David;

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,

New Century Version
May God help me if I don't join David! I will make sure that what the Lord promised does happen!

New English Translation
God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised 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,

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:

Geneva Bible (1587)
So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to 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,

Contemporary English Version
I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the Lord promised him!

Complete Jewish Bible
May God bring terrible curses on Avner and worse ones yet if I don't accomplish what Adonai swore to David —

Darby Translation
So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord promised with an oath that he would take the kingdom away from Saul's family and give it to David. And I swear I will make sure that happens. God will make David king of Judah and Israel. He will rule from Dan to Beersheba."

George Lamsa Translation
So do God to Abner, and more also, if I do not perform what the LORD has spoken to David, even so will I do,

Good News Translation
The Lord promised David that he would take the kingdom away from Saul and his descendants and would make David king of both Israel and Judah, from one end of the country to the other. Now may God strike me dead if I don't make this come true!"

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
God do Abner this and that, yf I do not as the LORDE hath sworne vnto Dauid,

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;

Bible in Basic English
May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So do God to Abner, and more also, except as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so will I do to him,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;

King James Version (1611)
So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to him:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;

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;

Berean Standard Bible
May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David as the LORD has sworn to him,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God do these thingis to Abner, and adde these thingis to hym, no but as the Lord swoor to Dauid, `so Y do with hym,

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:

Update Bible Version
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I do not even do 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;

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 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!

New Life Bible
May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David what the Lord has promised him.

New Revised Standard
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,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, may God do unto Abner, and, so, may he add to him, - if, as Yahweh hath sworn unto David, even so, I deal not with him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,

Revised Standard Version
God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the LORD has sworn to him,

New American Standard Bible (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,

Contextual Overview

⁷ And Saul had a concubine, and her name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine? ⁸ And Abner was exceedingly angry over the words of Ishbosheth. And he said, Am I a dog's head, that I deal with kindness with the house of your father Saul in regards to Judah today,to his brothers, and to his friends, and havenot caused you to be found in the hand of David, and you charge a stroke against me with this woman today? ⁹ May God do to Abner, and more so, if I do not do to David as Jehovah has sworn, ¹⁰ to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah from Dan even to Beer-sheba. ¹¹ And he was not able to return a word to Abner any more, because he feared him. ¹² And Abner sent messengers to David for himself, saying, Whose is the land? He said, Cut your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you. ¹³ And he said, Good, I will cut a covenant with you, but one thing I ask of you, saying, You shall not see my face except you first bring Michal the daughter of Saul when you come to see my face. ¹⁴ And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, saying, Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. ¹⁵ And Ishbosheth sent and took her from the man, from Phaltiel the son of Laish. ¹⁶ And her husband went with her, going on and weeping behind her to Bahurim. And Abner said to him, Go, return. And he returned.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

So do God: 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 19:13, Ruth 1:17, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 14:44, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Kings 19:2

as the Lord: 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, 1 Samuel 28:17, 1 Chronicles 12:23, Psalms 89:3, Psalms 89:4, Psalms 89:19, Psalms 89:20, Psalms 89:35-37

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:8 - do show 2 Samuel 3:18 - for the Lord 1 Kings 2:23 - God 2 Kings 6:31 - God do so 1 Chronicles 10:14 - turned Psalms 89:49 - thou

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate.

Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

Genesis 3:17
And He said to the man, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat from it, the ground shall be cursed because of you; you shall eatof it in sorrow all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Genesis 3:20
And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:21
And Jehovah God made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.

Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 11:5
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam had built.

Genesis 16:8
And He said, Hagar, Sarai's slave-girl, where did you come from? And where do you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress, Sarai.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So do God to Abner, and more also,.... He wishes the worst of evils to himself, such as he cared not to name; but left them to be supposed what he meant as utter ruin and destruction of himself, soul and body:

except as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; meaning if he did not do that David, which God had sworn should be done, namely, what follows, the translation of the kingdom to him; by which it appears that Abner knew of the promise and oath of God respecting this matter; and therefore acted against his conscience, in setting up Ishbosheth on the throne; which he knew would not prosper, and that he was fighting against God; which shows what a hardened wicked creature he was, and how far ambition, and being thought to be of consequence, will carry a man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 3:9. Except, as the Lord hath sworn to David — And why did he not do this before, when he knew that God had given the kingdom to David? Was he not now, according to his own concession, fighting against God?