1 Chronicles 21:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ But Joab said, “May Adonai multiply His people 100 times over! But my master the king, are they not all my master’s servants? Why does my master require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Joab answered, May the Lord multiply His people a hundred times! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then does my lord require this? Why will he bring guilt upon Israel?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

Common English Bible

³ But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase his people a hundred times! Sir, aren’t you the king, and aren’t they all your servants? Why do you want to do this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Joab responded: "May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?"

1 Chronicles 21:3 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called to Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us, and how have I sinned against you, that you brought great sin upon me and my kingdom? You’ve done to me things that should not be done!”

1 Kings 14:16

So He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam which he committed, and caused Israel to commit.”

2 Kings 12:7

But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the kohanim still had not repaired the damage to the House.

1 Chronicles 19:13

Chazak! Take courage for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! Adonai will do what is good in His eyes.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and finally came back to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

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

Exodus 30:12

“When you tally the sum of Bnei-Yisrael by numbering them, then every man must pay a ransom for his soul to Adonai when you count them, so that no plague will fall on them.

Exodus 32:21

Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, to make you bring such a great sin upon them?”

Proverbs 14:28

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

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, Adonai, You have increased the nation. You are glorified as You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your seed would have been like sand, and your offspring like its grains. Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.”

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!

Joshua 22:15

So they came to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, and spoke with them saying:

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons! For this is not a good report that I hear Adonai’s people spreading around.