2 Samuel 24:3
ContextNET © | Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?” |
NIV © | But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?" |
NASB © | But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?" |
NLT © | But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God let you live until there are a hundred times as many people in your kingdom as there are now! But why do you want to do this?" |
MSG © | But Joab resisted the king: "May your GOD multiply people by the hundreds right before the eyes of my master the king, but why on earth would you do a thing like this?" |
BBE © | And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing? |
NRSV © | But Joab said to the king, "May the LORD your God increase the number of the people a hundredfold, while the eyes of my lord the king can still see it! But why does my lord the king want to do this?" |
NKJV © | And Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it . But why does my lord the king desire this thing?" |
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NASB © | But Joab <03097> said <0559> to the king <04428> , "Now may the LORD <03068> your God <0430> add <03254> to the people <05971> a hundred <03967> times <06471> as many as they are, while the eyes <05869> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> still see <07200> ; but why <04100> does my lord <0113> the king <04428> delight <02654> in this <02088> thing ?"<01697> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | Joab <03097> replied <0559> to <0413> the king <04428> , “May <03254> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> make the army <05971> a hundred <03967> times <06471> larger right before the eyes <05869> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> ! But <07200> why <04100> does <04100> <07200> my master <0113> the king <04428> want <02654> to do this ?”<02088> |
NET © | Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?” |
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