‘No!’ he said to them. ‘You have come to see where our land is unprotected.’
2 Samuel 3:25 - New International Version (Anglicised) You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
‘No!’ he said to them. ‘You have come to see where our land is unprotected.’
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!’
Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, ‘You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.’
the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, ‘Do you think David is honouring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?’
So Joab went to the king and said, ‘What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!
Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.
Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.
until I come and take you to a land like your own – a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death! ‘Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, “The Lord will deliver us.”
the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.
‘But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me.
to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.’
Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, ‘He is a good man.’ Others replied, ‘No, he deceives the people.’
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.