2 Samuel 24:3 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 24:3 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 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹאָ֜ב
Yôwʼâb
H3097
Joab
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וְיוֹסֵ֣ף
yâçaph
H3254
to add
יְהוָה֩
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָעָ֜ם
ʻam
H5971
people
כָּהֵ֤ם
hêm
H1992
they
וְכָהֵם֙
hêm
H1992
they
מֵאָ֣ה
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
פְעָמִ֔ים
paʻam
H6471
time
וְעֵינֵ֥י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֲדֹנִֽי
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
רֹא֑וֹת
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וַאדֹנִ֣י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
לָ֥מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
חָפֵ֖ץ
châphêts
H2654
to delight in
בַּדָּבָ֥ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַזֶּֽה
zeh
H2088
this
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World English Bible Public Domain
Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joab said to the king, “Now may Yahweh your God add to the people like them and like them a hundred times, and may the eyes of my lord the king be seeing. But my lord the king, why does he delight in this matter?”
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