1 Chronicles 21:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundredfold! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Joab answered, May the Lord multiply His people a hundred times! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then does my lord require this? Why will he bring guilt upon Israel?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

Common English Bible

³ But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase his people a hundred times! Sir, aren’t you the king, and aren’t they all your servants? Why do you want to do this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Joab responded: "May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants? Why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?

1 Chronicles 21:3 Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”

1 Kings 14:16

He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and which he caused Israel to commit.”

2 Kings 12:7

Therefore King Jehoash summoned the priest Jehoiada with the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore do not accept any more silver from your donors but hand it over for the repair of the house.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you increase, both you and your children.

Exodus 30:12

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, at registration all of them shall give a ransom for their lives to the Lord, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered.

Exodus 32:21

Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”

Proverbs 14:28

The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Isaiah 26:15

But you have increased the nation, O Lord; you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

your offspring would have been like the sand and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.

Deuteronomy 1:11

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

Joshua 22:15

They came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them,

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.