Yo'av said, the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Yisra'el?
1 Chronicles 21:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Yo'av. Therefore Yo'av departed, and went throughout all Yisra'el, and came to Yerushalayim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. Common English Bible But the king overruled Joab, who left and traveled throughout all Israel. When he returned to Jerusalem, Catholic Public Domain Version But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. |
Yo'av said, the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Yisra'el?
Yo'av gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Yisra'el were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Yehudah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, *What are you doing?*
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
But Kefa and the emissaries answered, *We must obey God rather than men.