2 Samuel 24:3 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

³ Joab answered, “I hope the Lord your God will give you 100 times more soldiers than you already have. I hope you will live to see that day! But why do you want to do a thing like this?”

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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?"

2 Samuel 24:3 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 10:12

Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that the Lord will do whatever pleases him.”

2 Samuel 24:4

But when David refused to change his mind, Joab and the army officers went out and started counting the people.

Psalm 115:14

I pray that the Lord will let your family and your descendants always grow strong.

Proverbs 14:28

Rulers of powerful nations are held in honor; rulers of weak nations are nothing at all.

Isaiah 60:5

When you see this, your faces will glow; your hearts will pound and swell with pride. Treasures from across the sea and the wealth of nations will be brought to you.

Deuteronomy 1:11

God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will.