NLT
KJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose [is] the land? saying [also,] Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
ASV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
ESV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you."
ERVEN
12. Abner sent messengers to David and said, "Who do you think should rule this country? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you become the ruler of all the people of Israel."
WEB
12. Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
NET
12. Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you."
NLV
12. Then Abner sent men with news to David at Hebron, saying, "Whose land is this? Make your agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you."
HCSB
12. Abner sent messengers as his representatives to say to David, "Whose land is it? Make your covenant with me, and you can be certain I am on your side to hand all Israel over to you."
YLT
12. And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, `Whose [is] the land?` saying, `Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.`
LITV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David for himself, saying, Whose is the land? He said, Cut your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you.
RV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying {cf15i also}, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
NCV
12. Then Abner sent messengers to ask David, "Who is going to rule the land? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you unite all Israel."
MKJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? He said, Cut your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
AKJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
LXXEN
12. And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thaelam where he was, immediately, saying, Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand is with thee to bring back to thee all the house of Israel.
KJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose [is] the land? saying [also,] Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
AMP
12. And Abner sent messengers to David where he was [at Hebron], saying, Whose is the land? Make your league with me, and my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you.
KJVP
12. And Abner H74 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 to H413 PREP David H1732 MMS on his behalf H8478 PREP-3MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , Whose H4310 L-IPRO [ is ] the land H776 NFS ? saying H559 L-VQFC [ also ] , Make H3772 thy league H1285 with H854 PREP-1MS me , and , behold H2009 IJEC , my hand H3027 CFS-1MS [ shall ] [ be ] with H5973 PREP-2FS thee , to bring about H5437 all H3605 NMS Israel H3478 LMS unto H413 PREP thee .
YLT
12. And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, `Whose [is] the land?` saying, `Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.`
ASV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
WEB
12. Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
NASB
12. Then Abner sent messengers to David in Telam, where he was at the moment, to say, "Make an agreement with me, and I will aid you by bringing all Israel over to you."
ESV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you."
RV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying {cf15i also}, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
RSV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you."
NKJV
12. Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, "Whose [is] the land?" saying [also,] "Make your covenant with me, and indeed my hand [shall be] with you to bring all Israel to you."
MKJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? He said, Cut your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
AKJV
12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
NRSV
12. Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and I will give you my support to bring all Israel over to you."
NIV
12. Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, "Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you."
NIRV
12. Then Abner sent messengers to David to speak for him. They said, "Who will rule over this land? Make a covenant with me. Then I'll help you bring all of the people of Israel over to your side."
NLT
12. Then Abner sent messengers to David, saying, "Doesn't the entire land belong to you? Make a solemn pact with me, and I will help turn over all of Israel to you."
MSG
12. Abner went ahead and sent personal messengers to David: "Make a deal with me and I'll help bring the whole country of Israel over to you."
GNB
12. Abner sent messengers to David, who at that time was at Hebron, to say, "Who is going to rule this land? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you win all Israel over to your side."
NET
12. Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you."
ERVEN
12. Abner sent messengers to David and said, "Who do you think should rule this country? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you become the ruler of all the people of Israel."