2 Samuel 24:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ But Joab said to the king, “May Adonai your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king desire such a thing?”

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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

Chazak! And let us take courage for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may Adonai do what is good in His eyes.”

2 Samuel 24:4

Nevertheless, the king’s command to Joab and the army generals remained firm. So Joab and the army generals went out from the king’s presence to number the people of Israel.

Psalm 115:14

May Adonai increase you more and more —you and your children.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory, but lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will throb and swell with joy. For the abundance of the sea will be turned over to you. The wealth of nations will come to you.

Deuteronomy 1:11

“‘May Adonai, God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as many as you are, and may He bless you just as He has promised you!