1 Chronicles 21:3
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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?But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
In other translations
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?But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097יוֹסֵףyosefmay he addH3254יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068עַל־'al-toH5921עַמּוֹ׀amopeople hisH5971כָּהֵםkahemlike themמֵאָהme'aha hundredH3967פְעָמִיםfe'amimtimesH6471הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808אֲדֹנִי'adoniO lord myH113הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428כֻּלָּםkulam[do] all of themH3605לַאדֹנִיladoni[belong] to lord myH113לַעֲבָדִיםla'avadimto subjectsH5650לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100יְבַקֵּשׁyevakeshdoes he seekH1245זֹאתzotthisH2063אֲדֹנִי'adonilord myH113לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100יִהְיֶהyihyehwill it becomeH1961לְאַשְׁמָהle'ashmah<into> guiltH819לְיִשְׂרָאֵל׃leyisra'elfor IsraelH3478
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 1:11(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
- Exodus 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Isaiah 48:19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
- Proverbs 14:28In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- 1 Kings 14:16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- Numbers 32:9-109 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10 And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,9 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them. 10 So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
- Isaiah 26:15Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
- 1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- 1 Chronicles 19:13Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
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