1 Chronicles 19:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, ‘Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, haven’t his emissaries come in order to scout out, overthrow, and spy on the land? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, Do you think that David has sent comforters to you because he honors your father? Have his servants not come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

Common English Bible

³ the Ammonite leaders asked Hanun, “Do you really believe David is honoring your father because he has sent you condolences? Of course not! His servants have come to search the city, spy it out, and overthrow it!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ the leaders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun: "Do you think that perhaps David has sent them to console you in order to honor your father? Have you not noticed that his servants came to you so that they might explore, and investigate, and examine your land?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon: Thou thinkest perhaps that David to do honour to thy father hath sent comforters to thee; and thou dost not take notice, that his servants are come to thee to consider, and search, and spy out thy land.

1 Chronicles 19:3 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 10:3

the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun their lord, ‘Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, hasn’t David sent his emissaries in order to scout out the city, spy on it, and demolish it? ’

1 Chronicles 19:2

Then David said, ‘I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.’ So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. However, when David’s emissaries arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved them, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.

Judges 18:2

So the Danites sent out five brave men  from all their clans, from Zorah and Eshtaol,  to scout  out the land and explore it. They told them, ‘Go and explore the land.’ They came to the hill country of Ephraim as far as the home of Micah and spent the night there.

1 Samuel 29:4

The Philistine commanders, however, were enraged with Achish and told him, ‘Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him.  He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the battle.  What better way could he ingratiate himself with his master than with the heads of our men?

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish answered David, ‘I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God.  But the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go into battle with us.”