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2 Samuel 24:3

Joab

1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

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BSB
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?”
KJV
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
WEB
Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
ASV
And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
DARBY
And Joab said to the king, May Jehovah thy God even add to the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
BLB
And Joab said to the king, “And YHWH your God may add to the people, as they [were] and as they [are] a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]. And my lord the king, why does this thing delight?”
ÅB
Joab svarte: Herren din Gud legge hundre ganger så mange til dette folk som de er nå, så min herre kongen selv får se det! Men hvorfor har min herre kongen fått lyst til dette?
OTB
Men Joab sa til kongen: "Måtte Herren din Gud legge hundre ganger så mange til folket som de er nå, mens min herre kongens øyne ennå ser det; men hvorfor har min herre kongen behag i dette?"
B1930
Joab svarte: Herren din Gud legge hundre ganger så mange til dette folk som de er nu, så min herre kongen selv får se det! Men hvorfor har min herre kongen fått lyst til dette?

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  • Deuteronomy 1:11

    (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

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  • Psalms 115:14

    The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

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  • Isaiah 60:5

    Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

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  • Proverbs 14:28

    In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

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  • 2 Samuel 10:12

    Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:3–4

    And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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