NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And JoabYow'ab (yo-awb') Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites -- Joab. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) As God 'elohiym (el-o-heem') angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. liveth chay (khah'-ee) age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. unless luwle' (loo-lay') if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that. thou hadst spoken dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue surely then in the morning boqer (bo'-ker) dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning -- (+) day, early, morning, morrow. the people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. had gone up `alah (aw-law') to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow) every one 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) from following 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) his brother 'ach (awkh) a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother." King James Bible And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. Holman Christian Standard Bible As God lives," Joab replied, "if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn't have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning." International Standard Version Joab answered, "As God lives, if you hadn't spoken up, by morning my army would have broken off their pursuit of their own relatives." NET Bible Joab replied, "As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!" GOD'S WORD® Translation Joab answered, "I solemnly swear, as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would not have stopped chasing their relatives until morning." King James 2000 Bible And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every one from following his brother. Links 2 Samuel 2:272 Samuel 2:27 NIV 2 Samuel 2:27 NLT 2 Samuel 2:27 ESV 2 Samuel 2:27 NASB 2 Samuel 2:27 KJV |