Y’all be courageous! Let’s be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God. May YHWH do what seems good to ʜɪᴍ.”
2 Samuel 24:3 - Y'all Version Bible Joab said to the king, “Now may YHWH your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
Y’all be courageous! Let’s be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God. May YHWH do what seems good to ʜɪᴍ.”
Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will be in awe and grow larger; because the riches of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
May YHWH, the God of y’all’s ancestors, increase y’all a thousand times more and bless y’all, as ʜᴇ has promised y’all!