2 Samuel 3:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'You know Abner son of Ner! He came to deceive you and to learn about your comings and goings and everything you are doing.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֣ר בֶּן־נֵ֔ר כִּ֥י לְפַתֹּתְךָ֖ בָּ֑א וְלָדַ֜עַת אֶת־מוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙ וְאֶת־*מבואך **מ֣וֹבָאֶ֔ךָ וְלָדַ֕עַת אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

You-yādaʿtā ʾet-ʾabnēr son-of-nēr that kî to-pattōtəkā he-bāʾ and-to-lādaʿat ʾet-môṣāʾăkā and-ʾet-môbāʾekā and-to-lādaʿat ʾēt all-which you ʿōśeh

Grammar Details

• *yādaʿtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you know
• *ʾabnēr*: proper noun - Abner
• *nēr*: proper noun - Ner
• *kî*: conjunction - that/because
• *pattōtəkā*: piel infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to deceive you
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came
• *lādaʿat*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to know
• *môṣāʾăkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your going out
• *môbāʾekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your coming in
• *ʿōśeh*: qal participle, masculine singular - doing

Word Meanings

• *pattōtəkā*: to deceive you/to entice you/to persuade you/to seduce you
• *môṣāʾăkā* and *môbāʾekā*: your going out and your coming in/your movements/your activities

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou knowest{H3045} Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner,{H5369} that he came{H935} to deceive{H6601} thee, and to know{H3045} thy going out{H4161} and thy coming in,{H4126} and to know{H3045} all that thou doest.{H6213}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner{H5369}, that he came{H935}{(H8804)} to deceive{H6601}{(H8763)} thee, and to know{H3045}{(H8800)} thy going out{H4161} and thy coming in{H4126}{(H8675)}{H3996}, and to know{H3045}{(H8800)} all that thou doest{H6213}{(H8802)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Knowest thou not Abner the sonne of Ner? For he came to the to disceaue the, that he mighte knowe thy outgoynge, and ingoynge, and to spie out all that thou doest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner: for he came to deceiue thee, and to knowe thy outgoing and ingoing, and to knowe all that thou doest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner, for he came to deceaue thee, and to knowe thy outgoyng and ingoyng, and to knowe all that thou doest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast known Abner son of Ner, that to deceive thee he came, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:6 : 6 You will be blessed when you come in, and you will be blessed when you go out.
• Isa 37:28 : 28 But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
• John 7:12 : 12 And there was a lot of murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, 'He is a good man,' but others were saying, 'No, He is deceiving the people.'
• John 7:47 : 47 The Pharisees replied to them, 'Have you also been deceived?'
• Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.
• 1 Sam 29:4-6 : 4 But the Philistine commanders were angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he might become our adversary during the fighting. How better to regain his master's favor than with the heads of our men? 5 Isn't this the David they sang about in their dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'? 6 So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your conduct with me in the camp has been good in my eyes. I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the rulers don’t approve of you.
• 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside inside the gate, as if to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, killing him in revenge for the blood of his brother Asahel.
• 2 Sam 10:3 : 3 the officials of the Ammonites said to Hanun, their lord, 'Do you really think David is honoring your father by sending comforters to you? Isn’t it rather to investigate, spy out the city, and overthrow it that David has sent his servants to you?'
• 2 Kgs 18:32 : 32 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, so that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
• Ps 121:8 : 8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
• Gen 42:9 : 9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'
• Gen 42:12 : 12 But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'
• Gen 42:16 : 16 Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'
• Num 27:17 : 17 to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.