2 Samuel 24:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ Joab replied to the king, ‘May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are   #– #while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add a hundred times as many people as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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?

Common English Bible

³ Joab said to the king, “May the LORD your God increase the number of people a hundred times while the eyes of my master the king can still see it! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Joab said to the king: "May the Lord your God increase your people, who are already great in number, and may he again increase them, one hundredfold, in the sight of my lord the king. But what does my lord the king intend for himself by this kind of thing?"

2 Samuel 24:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God.  May the Lord’s will be done.’  ,

2 Samuel 24:4

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the king’s presence to register the troops of Israel.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and rejoice, because the riches of the sea will become yours and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you.