2 Samuel 24:3 - Modern King James Version

And Joab said to the king, And may Jehovah your God add to the people however many they be, a hundred times as many, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God. And may Jehovah do that which seems good to Him.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.

Psalm 115:14

Jehovah shall add on to you, even on you and on your sons.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but in the lack of people is the ruin of the prince.

Isaiah 60:5

Then you shall fear and become bright, and your heart shall throb and swell for joy; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has said to you!