Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.” Young's Literal Translation 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.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew Then Abnerאַבְנֵ֨ר (’aḇ·nêr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name sent וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (way·yiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out messengers מַלְאָכִ֧ים ׀ (mal·’ā·ḵîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel in his place תַּחְתָּ֥יו (taḥ·tāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of to say לֵאמֹ֖ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to David, דָּוִ֛ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse “To whom [does] לְמִי־ (lə·mî-) Preposition-l | Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix the land [belong]? אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Make כָּרְתָ֤ה (kā·rə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant your covenant בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ (ḇə·rî·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant with me, אִתִּ֔י (’it·tî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among and you can be certain וְהִנֵּה֙ (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! my hand [will be] יָדִ֣י (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand on your side עִמָּ֔ךְ (‘im·māḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with to turn לְהָסֵ֥ב (lə·hā·sêḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Israel יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc to you.” אֵלֶ֖יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to |