2 Samuel 24:2 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 24:2 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 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יוֹאָ֣ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
שַׂר
sar
H8269
prince
הַחַ֣יִל
chayil
H2428
strength
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אִתּ֗וֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
שֽׁוּט
shûwṭ
H7751
to go about
נָ֞א
nâʼ
H4994
please
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
שִׁבְטֵ֤י
shêbeṭ
H7626
staff
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
מִדָּן֙
Dân
H1835
Dan
וְעַד
ʻad
H5704
until
בְּאֵ֣ר
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
H884
Beer-sheba
שֶׁ֔בַע
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
H884
Beer-sheba
וּפִקְד֖וּ
pâqad
H6485
to visit
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הָעָ֑ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֵ֖ת
ʼêth
H853
-
מִסְפַּ֥ר
miçpâr
H4557
number
הָעָֽם
ʻam
H5971
people
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
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King James Version Public Domain
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king said to Joab, the commander of the army that with him, “Go about, please, among all of the tribes of Israel, from Dan and to Beersheba, and muster the people, that I may know the number of the people.”
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