2 Samuel 3:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath

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!

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,

Berean Study Bible
May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what 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:

NASB 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,

NASB 1977
“May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for 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,

Christian Standard Bible
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the LORD swore to him:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I dont do for David what the LORD swore to him:

Contemporary English Version
I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the LORD promised him!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May God strike me dead unless I do for David what the LORD had promised him with an oath:

International Standard Version
Therefore may God do to me —and more also!—just as the LORD has promised to David, since I'm doing this for him:

NET Bible
God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do 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—

King James 2000 Bible
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

New Heart English Bible
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not do even so 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;

American King James Version
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

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;

A Faithful Version
So may God do to Abner, and more also, if I do not do to David as the LORD has sworn,

Darby Bible Translation
So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;

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;

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;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to him,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So do God to Abner, and more also, except as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so will I do to him,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
God do Abner this and that, yf I do not as the LORDE hath sworne vnto Dauid,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Thus God does to Abner, and thus He adds to him, surely as YHWH has sworn to David—surely so I do to him:

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:

Smith's Literal Translation
Thus will God do to Abner, and thus will he add to him, for as Jehovah sware to David that thus I will do to him:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,

Catholic Public Domain Version
May God do these things to Abner, and may he add these other things, if, in the same way that the Lord swore to David, I do not do so with him:

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
So will God do to Abnir and so will he add to him if, just as LORD JEHOVAH has said to David, I shall not do for him

Lamsa Bible
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,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;
















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