2 Samuel 10:3 
Context| NET © | the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? 1 No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” 2 |
| NIV © | the Ammonite nobles said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think David is honouring your father by sending men to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?" |
| NASB © | the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?" |
| NLT © | Hanun’s advisers said to their master, "Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so that they can come in and conquer it!" |
| MSG © | the Ammonite leaders warned Hanun, their head delegate, "Do you for a minute suppose that David is honoring your father by sending you comforters? Don't you think it's because he wants to snoop around the city and size it up that David has sent his emissaries to you?" |
| BBE © | But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it? |
| NRSV © | the princes of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun, "Do you really think that David is honoring your father just because he has sent messengers with condolences to you? Has not David sent his envoys to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?" |
| NKJV © | And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?" |
| KJV | And the princes <08269> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> unto Hanun <02586> their lord <0113>_, Thinkest <05869> thou that David <01732> thy father <01>_, unto thee? hath not David <01732> his servants <05650> unto thee, to <05668> the city <05892>_, it? {Thinkest...: Heb. In thy eyes doth David} |
| NASB © | the princes <08269> of the Ammonites <01121> to Hanun <02586> their lord <0113> , "Do you think <05869> that David <01732> is honoring <03513> your father <01> because <03588> he has sent <07971> consolers <05162> to you? Has David <01732> not sent <07971> his servants <05650> to you in order <05668> to search <02713> the city <05892> , to spy <07270> it out and overthrow it?"<02015> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | the Ammonite <05983> officials <08269> said <0559> to <0413> their lord <0113> Hanun <02586> , “Do you really think <05869> David <01732> is trying to honor <03513> your father <01> by sending <07971> these messengers to express <05162> his sympathy <05162> ? No <03808> , David <01732> has sent <07971> <07971> his servants <05650> to <0413> you to <0413> get information <02713> about the <0853> city <05892> and spy <07270> on it so they can <02713> overthrow it!”<02015> |
| NET © | the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? 1 No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” 2 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?” 2 tn Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?” |
