2 Samuel 24:3 — all translations

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?

ASV Byzantine Text

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?

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe Joab mah siangpahrang khaeah, Na Angraeng Sithaw mah na misatuh kaminawk to alet cumvai khoek to pungsak nasoe; to hmuen to ka Angraeng siangpahrang mah hnu nasoe; toe tipongah ka angraeng siangpahrang mah to baktih hmuen sak hanah na koeh loe? tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae Joab loh manghai te, “Pilnam te BOEIPA na Pathen loh amah la a thap tih ka boei manghai kah mikhmuh ah amih te a pueh yakhat lam khaw hmu mai saw. Tedae ka boei manghai loh balae tih hebang hno he a ngaih,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae Joab loh manghai te, “Pilnam te BOEIPA na Pathen loh amah la a thap tih ka boei manghai kah mikhmuh ah amih te a pueh yakhat lam khaw hmu mai saw. Tedae ka boei manghai loh balae tih hebang hno he a ngaih,” a ti.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la o Ioaba i ke alii, E hoonui mai o Iehova i na kanaka i ko lakou nui, a pahaneri hou aku; a e ike aku hoi na maka o kuu haku o ke alii ia mea: i aha hoi e makemake nei ko'u haku ke alii ia mea?

English Berean Standard Bible

But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men, Joab di wa a: -Monwa, mwen mande Seyè a, Bondye ou la, pou li fè pèp Izrayèl la vin san fwa pi plis pase jan li ye koulye a, lèfini pou monwa ka viv lontan pou wè sa! Men, poukisa, monwa, ou vle konte konbe moun ki nan peyi a?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixitque Joab regi: Adaugeat Dominus Deus tuus ad populum tuum, quantus nunc est, iterumque centuplicet in conspectu domini mei regis: sed quid sibi dominus meus rex vult in re hujuscemodi?

Bible in Basic English

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Joab dit au roi : Que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, ajoute au peuple 100 fois autant qu’il y en a, et que les yeux du roi, mon seigneur, le voient ! Mais pourquoi le roi, mon seigneur, prend-il plaisir à cela ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ale Joáb řekl králi: Přidejž Hospodin Bůh tvůj k lidu, jakž ho koli mnoho, stokrát více, a to aby oči pána mého krále viděly. Ale proč pán můj král jest toho tak žádostiv?

Kosraean Bible

A Joab el topuk nu sin tokosra, “Leum fulat, lela LEUM GOD lom Elan oru mwet Israel in pus pacl siofok liki pisalos misenge, ac lela tuh kom in moul ac liye na ke el oru an. Tusruktu, efu ku kom ke in oekyuk elos?”

World Portuguese Bible

Joabe disse ao rei: “Que o SENHOR seu Deus multiplique o povo, por mais que sejam, cem vezes mais; e que os olhos do meu senhor, o rei, o vejam. Mas por que o meu senhor, o rei, tem prazer nisso?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și Ioab a spus împăratului: Acum, DOMNUL Dumnezeul tău să adauge la popor, oricâți sunt ei, însutit și ochii domnului meu împăratul, să vadă aceasta; dar de ce domnul meu împăratul găsește plăcere în acest lucru?

Brenton English Septuagint

And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ရာတွင်ယွာဘက``အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ အရှင် ၏ဘုရားသခင်ထာဝရဘုရားသည်ဣသ ရေလအမျိုးသားတို့အား ယခုထက်အဆ တစ်ရာပို၍တိုးပွားအောင်ပြုတော်မူပါ စေသော။ အရှင်သည်လည်းယင်းသို့တိုးပွား သည်ကိုတွေ့မြင်ရသည်တိုင်အောင်အသက် ရှည်တော်မူပါစေသော။ သို့ရာတွင်အရှင် မင်းကြီးသည်အဘယ်ကြောင့်ဤအမှု ကိုပြုတော်မူလိုပါသနည်း'' ဟုဒါဝိဒ် အားလျှောက်လေ၏။-

Darby Translation

And Joab said to the king, May Jehovah thy God even add to the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Joab sprach zu dem König: Es möge Jehova, dein Gott, zu dem Volke, so viele ihrer auch sind, hundertmal hinzufügen, während die Augen meines Herrn, des Königs, es sehen! Aber warum hat mein Herr, der König, Gefallen an dieser Sache?

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeide Joab tot den koning: Nu doe de HEERE, uw God, tot dit volk, zoals deze en die nu zijn, honderdmaal meer, dat de ogen van mijn heer den koning het aanzien; maar waarom heeft mijn heer de koning lust tot deze zaak?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Joab antwoordde den koning: Jahweh, uw God, moge het volk nog honderdmaal talrijker maken, en het mijn heer en koning laten beleven! Maar waarom heeft mijn heer en koning zijn zinnen gezet op een volkstelling?

Italian Diodati Bible

E Ioab disse al re: Il Signore Iddio tuo accresca il popolo per cento cotanti, e faccia che gli occhi del re, mio signore, il veggano. E perchè vuole questa cosa il re, mio signore?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioab saide vnto the King, The Lord thy God increase the people an hundreth folde more then they be, and that the eyes of my lorde the King may see it: but why doeth my lord the King desire this thing?

Danish Bible 1931

Men Joab svarede Kongen: “Måtte HERREN din Gud forøge Folket hundredfold, og måtte min Herre Kongen selv opleve det - men hvorfor har min Herre Kongen sat sig sligt for?”

Leeser Tanakh

Then said Joab unto the king, Now may the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundred-fold more, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it; but why doth my Lord the king find delight in this thing?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Joab said unto the king: 'Now the LORD 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?'

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Giô-áp đáp cùng vua rằng: Nguyện Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời của vua làm cho dân sự vua ngày nay được còn thêm gấp bằng trăm, và nguyện mắt vua chúa tôi thấy sự gia thêm ấy! Nhưng cớ sao vua chúa tôi vui lòng về một việc như vậy?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape ki he tuʻi, “Manavahē tuku ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ne fakatokolahi ki hoʻo kakai, pe ko e hā ia ʻa honau tokolahi, ke liunga teau hake, pea ne tuku foki ke sio ki ai ʻae mata ʻo hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi: ka ko e hā ʻoku fiefie fai ai ʻae meʻa ni ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi?”

French Ostervald Bible

Mais Joab répondit au roi: Que l'Éternel ton Dieu veuille augmenter ton peuple autant et cent fois autant qu'il est maintenant, et que les yeux du roi, mon seigneur, le voient! Mais pourquoi le roi, mon seigneur, prend-il plaisir à cela?

Esperanto Bible

Tiam Joab diris al la reĝo: La Eternulo, via Dio, plimultigu la popolon centoble kompare kun tio, kio estas nun, kaj la okuloj de mia sinjoro tion vidu; sed por kio mia sinjoro la reĝo deziras tiun aferon?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Joab dit au roi: Que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, rende le peuple cent fois plus nombreux, et que les yeux du roi mon seigneur le voient! Mais pourquoi le roi mon seigneur veut-il faire cela?

German Luther Bible 1912

Joab sprach zu dem König: Der HERR, dein Gott, tue diesem Volk, wie es jetzt ist, noch hundertmal soviel, daß mein Herr, der König, seiner Augen Lust daran sehe; aber was hat mein Herr König zu dieser Sache Lust?

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people one hundred-fold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

British English Septuagint 2012

And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people one hundred-fold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

Majority Standard BIble

But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

Webster Bible

And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD thy God add to the people, how many soever they may be, a hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

Revised Version

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Joab rispose al re: “L’Eterno, l’Iddio tuo, moltiplichi il popolo cento volte più di quello che è, e faccia sì che gli occhi del re, mio signore, possano vederlo! Ma perché il re mio signore prende egli piacere nel far questo?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Joab dit au roi : « Que le SEIGNEUR ton Dieu multiplie le peuple cent fois plus qu’il n’est, et que les yeux de mon seigneur le roi puissent le voir ! Mais pourquoi mon seigneur le roi prend-il plaisir à faire cela ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Y Joab respondió al rey: Añada Jehová tu Dios al pueblo cien veces tanto como son, y que lo vea mi señor el rey; mas ¿para qué quiere esto mi señor el rey?

Spanish BLL

Pero Joab le respondió al rey: ¡Que el Señor su Dios multiplique al pueblo cien veces más de lo que es ahora, y que su Majestad alcance a verlo! Pero, ¿por qué quiere su Majestad hacer esto?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Joab respondió al rey: Añada Yahvé tu Dios al pueblo cien veces tanto como son, y que lo vean los ojos de mi señor el rey; mas ¿por qué se complace mi señor el rey en esto?

Croatian Bible

Joab odgovori kralju: “Neka Jahve, tvoj Bog, dade svome narodu još sto puta ovoliko koliko ga je sada i neka to još vidi svojim očima moj gospodar kralj, ali zašto moj gospodar kralj ima takvu želju?”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A Joav reče caru: Neka doda Gospod Bog tvoj k narodu koliko ga je sad još sto puta toliko, i da car gospodar moj vidi svojim očima; ali zašto car gospodar moj hoće to?

German Textbibel

Joab erwiderte dem König: Und mag Jahwe, dein Gott, zum Volke - sie mögen sein so viel sie wollen - noch hundertmal mehr hinzuthun, und mag mein Herr und König das selbst noch erleben - aber warum hegt mein Herr und König ein solches Verlangen?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundredfold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְיוֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ אֶל־הָעָ֜ם כָּהֵ֤ם ׀ וְכָהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים וְעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ רֹא֑וֹת וַאדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֥מָּה חָפֵ֖ץ בַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃