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2 Samuel 21:3

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21:3David said to the Gibeonites, “What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless4 the Lord’s inheritance?”

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  1. 4 After the preceding imperfect verbal form, the subordinated imperative indicates purpose/result. S. R. Driver comments, “… the imper. is used instead of the more normal voluntative, for the purpose of expressing with somewhat greater force the intention of the previous verb” (S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, ).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance?”

NLTNew Living Translation

David asked them, “What can I do for you? How can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord’s people again?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So David asked the Gibeonites, “What can I do for you, and with what can I make amends that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?