2 Samuel 3:9

Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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!"

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

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;

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 named Respha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth said to Abner: ⁸ Why didst thou go in to my father’s concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog’s head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman?par ⁹ So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him, ¹⁰ That the kingdom be translated from the house of Saul, and the throne of David be set up over Israel, and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee. ¹¹ And he could not answer him a word, because he feared him. ¹² 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. ¹³ And he said: Very well: I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, saying: Thou shalt not see my face before thou bring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt come, and see me. ¹⁴ And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. ¹⁵ And Isboseth sent, and took her from her husband Phaltiel, the son of Lais. ¹⁶ And her husband followed her, weeping as far as Bahurim: and Abner said to him: Go and 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 Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Genesis 3:20
And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Genesis 16:8
He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.

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?