4But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came again to Jerusalem.


In Context

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab and to the princes 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 said, Jehovah add to his people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O king, my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why should he become a trespass to Israel?

4 But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came again to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword; and of Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

1 Chronicles 21:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:4The king's word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:4But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4And the word of the king is severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Why Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.