1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 4

1 Chronicles 21:4

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

1 Chronicles 21:4 in other translations

BSBNevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
WEBNevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.
ASVNevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYBut the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came again to Jerusalem.
BBEBut the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
WebsterNevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 21:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּדְבַר\־u.de.var-and [the] word ofH1697
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
חָזַ֣קcha.Zakit prevailedH2388
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יוֹאָ֑בyo.'AvJoabH3097
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
יוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvJoabH3097
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙vai.yit.ha.leKhand he went aboutH1980
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:4

  • Daniel 3:18

    But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

  • Acts 5:29

    Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:4

    Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Exodus 1:17

    But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

  • 2 Samuel 24:3-8

    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? Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon, …

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the king's.
Ec 8:4
Wherefore.
Ex 1:17; Da 3:18; Ac 5:29
and went.
2Sa 24:3-8

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:3

    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?

  • 1 Chronicles 21:4

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

  • 1 Chronicles 21:5

    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.

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1 Chronicles 21:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas el mandamiento del rey pudo más que Joab. Salió por tanto Joab, y fué por todo Israel; y volvió á Jerusalem, y dió la cuenta del número del pueblo á David.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais la parole du roi prévalut sur Joab; et Joab sortit, et alla par tout Israël, et revint à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber das Wort des Königs blieb fest gegen Joab. Und Joab zog aus und durchwanderte ganz Israel, und er kam nach Jerusalem zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed sermo regis magis prævaluit: egressusque est Joab, et circuivit universum Israël: et reversus est Jerusalem,