He said to them, “No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see.”
2 Samuel 3:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and coming in and all you are doing. American Standard Version (1901) Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. Common English Bible Don’t you know the evil ways of Abner, Ner’s son? He came to trick you, to find out where you come and go, and to learn everything you do!” Catholic Public Domain Version Do you not know, about Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to you for this, so that he might deceive you, and might know of your departure and your return, and so that he might know all that you do?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, that to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all thou dost? |
He said to them, “No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see.”
Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, “You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land.”
But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone?
When Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know about it.
And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, The Lord will deliver us.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.
“ ‘I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.