1 Chronicles 21:3 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Chronicles 21:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹאָ֗ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
יוֹסֵף֩
yâçaph
H3254
to add
יְהוָ֨ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
עַמּ֤וֹ
ʻam
H5971
people
כָּהֵם֙
hêm
H1992
they
מֵאָ֣ה
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
פְעָמִ֔ים
paʻam
H6471
time
הֲלֹא֙
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֲדֹנִ֣י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
כֻּלָּ֥ם
kôl
H3605
all
לַאדֹנִ֖י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
לַעֲבָדִ֑ים
ʻebed
H5650
servant
לָ֣מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
זֹאת֙
zôʼth
H2063
this
אֲדֹנִ֔י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
לָ֛מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
יִהְיֶ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לְאַשְׁמָ֖ה
ʼashmâh
H819
guilt
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joab said, “May Yahweh add to his people like them 100 times. My lord the king, not all of them servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why should it be for guilt to Israel?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).