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2 Samuel 24:3

WEB

3Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD 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?”

KJV

3And 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?

BSB

3But 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?”

FBV

3But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over, Your Majesty, and may you live to see it! But why does Your Majesty want to do this?”

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Extra References

Deuteronomy 1:11

11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!

Psalms 115:14

14May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.

1 Chronicles 21:3-4

3Joab said, “May the LORD 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?”

4Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 60:5

5Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.

2 Samuel 10:12

12Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”

Proverbs 14:28

28In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.