2 Samuel 10:3

La Bible David Martin

Mais les principaux d'entre les enfants de Hammon dirent à Hanun leur Seigneur : Penses-tu que ce soit pour honorer ton père, que David t'a envoyé des consolateurs? N'est-ce pas pour reconnaître exactement la ville, et pour l'épier afin de la détruire, que David a envoyé ses serviteurs vers toi?

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mais les chefs d'entre les enfants d'Ammon dirent à Hanun, leur seigneur: Penses-tu que ce soit pour honorer ton père que David t'envoie des consolateurs? N'est-ce pas pour reconnaître exactement la ville, pour l'épier, et la détruire, que David envoie ses serviteurs vers toi?

Darby's French Translation
Et les chefs des fils d'Ammon dirent à Hanun, leur seigneur: Est-ce, à tes yeux, pour honorer ton père que David t'a envoyé des consolateurs? N'est-ce pas pour reconnaître la ville, et pour l'explorer, et pour la détruire, que David t'a envoyé ses serviteurs?

Louis Segond (1910)
les chefs des fils d'Ammon dirent à Hanun, leur maître: Penses-tu que ce soit pour honorer ton père que David t'envoie des consolateurs? N'est-ce pas pour reconnaître et explorer la ville, et pour la détruire, qu'il envoie ses serviteurs auprès de toi?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thinkest thou that David doth: Heb. In thine eyes doth David

not: Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:16, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 13:7

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:3 - to search 2 Samuel 3:25 - and to know Romans 2:3 - thinkest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord,.... His nobles and prime ministers, the courtiers that were about him:

thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? could he imagine that David was sincere, and that he really meant to do honour to the memory of his father, and comfort him under the loss of him, by sending his ambassadors to him on such an errand? there was no reason, they thought, to believe this, since an Israelite was forbidden to seek their peace and prosperity, or ask of it, nor might Ammonite enter into their congregation unto the tenth generation, Deuteronomy 23:3; and indeed some have thought that David did not do a right thing in sending this embassy, and was justly requited; but it is certain he acted according to the laws of friendship, and was cordial and sincere in what he did, though these courtiers of Hanun put an ill construction on his conduct, their minds being filled with enmity against the Israelites:

hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee to search the city,

and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? to reconnoitre the place, to observe, as they walked about in it, which were the weakest and most defenceless parts of it, and what avenues there were to it, and which were most accessible, that they might the better know how to attack it, and destroy it; these surmises and suspicions they endeavoured to fill the king's head with, to set him against them, and treat them ill.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The princes ... - Compare Rehoboam’s advisers 1 Kings 12:10-11. It is not improbable that David’s severe treatment of Moab 2 Samuel 8:2 was in part the cause of the fear of the Ammonites that a similar treatment was in store for themselves.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 10:3. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father — It has been a matter of just complaint through all the history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts. Courtiers, especially, are suspicious of each other, and often mislead their sovereigns. They feel themselves to be insincere, and suspect others to be so too.