2 Samuel 24:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ And having gone through the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

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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?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king. But what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?

2 Samuel 24:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12

7 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him.

2 Samuel 24:4

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king, and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword: and of Juda five hundred thousand fighting men.

Psalm 115:14

The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Proverbs 14:28

5 A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.

Isaiah 60:5

3 The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the Ar tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.

Deuteronomy 1:11

6 And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger.