1 Chronicles 21:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Chronicles 21:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Chronicles 21:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — World English Bible
1 Chronicles 21:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. ”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 21:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the word of the king <FI>is<Fi> severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 21:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came [again] to Jerusalem. ”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 21:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Neuerthelesse the Kings word preuailed against Ioab. And Ioab departed and went thorowe all Israel, and returned to Ierusalem.”
1 Chronicles 21:4 — Geneva Bible
1 Chronicles 21:4 in Context — 1 Chronicles 21
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 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?
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
What Does 1 Chronicles 21:4 Mean?
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