約押曰、我指上帝以誓、如爾無角技之舉、則自朝迄今民不追其兄弟。

约押说：“我指着永生的神起誓：你若不说戏耍的那句话，今日早晨百姓就回去，不追赶弟兄了。”

约押说：“我指着永生的上帝起誓：你若没有这么说，百姓就必继续追赶弟兄，直到早晨。”

约押说：“我指着永生的神起誓：你若没有这么说，百姓就必继续追赶弟兄，直到早晨。”

约押说：“我凭永活的上帝起誓，你要是不这样说，我们会一直追到天亮。”

约押说：“我指着永活的神起誓，如果你没有说过比武的话，大家必在早晨的时候离去，不再追赶自己的兄弟。”

約押說：「我指着永生的神起誓：你若不說戲耍的那句話，今日早晨百姓就回去，不追趕弟兄了。」

約押說：「我指着永生的上帝起誓：你若沒有這麼說，百姓就必繼續追趕弟兄，直到早晨。」

約押說：「我指着永生的神起誓：你若沒有這麼說，百姓就必繼續追趕弟兄，直到早晨。」

約押說：「我憑永活的上帝起誓，你要是不這樣說，我們會一直追到天亮。」

約押說：“我指著永活的神起誓，如果你沒有說過比武的話，大家必在早晨的時候離去，不再追趕自己的兄弟。”

約押說：『我指着永活的上帝來起誓：你若沒有說話，眾民非到明日早晨是不會停止不追趕族弟兄的。』

約押說：「我指著永生的神起誓：要不是你這樣說，大家必定不停止追趕自己的兄弟，直到清晨！」

約押曰、我指維生上帝而誓、如爾無言啟釁、則民清晨已返、不追兄弟、

約押曰、我指永生天主而誓、如爾不開爭端、則民自今晨不追其兄弟矣、或作爾若不言民至明晨始不追其兄弟

Joab answered,“ As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.”

Joab answered,“ It’s a good thing you spoke up. If you hadn’t, the men would have kept on chasing them until morning. And that’s just as sure as God is alive.”

And Joab said,“ As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.”

Then Joab said,“ God only knows what would have happened if you hadn’t spoken, for we would have chased you all night if necessary.”

“ As God lives,” Joab replied,“ if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.”

Joab said,“ As God lives, if you had not spoken, then the people of Judah certainly would have withdrawn in the morning, each from pursuing his brother.”

And Joab said,“ As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then by morning all the people would have given up pursuing their brethren.”

And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

“ As God lives,” Joab replied,“ if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.”

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.

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!”

Joab said,“ As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

押尼耳謂約押曰、任兩軍之少者戲、我將寓目焉。約押曰、可。

釁隙之開、若江河之潰、故爭競將起、必弭之。

爾自謂必永為主母、不深思此理、不慮後患。

毋遽與人爭、恐受人辱、計無所施。

爾欲流人血、以伸己冤、耶和華止爾、我指耶和華以誓、亦指爾生命以誓、願爾敵、及凡欲害爾者、俱如拿八。

其言也溫、可以息怒、其辭也厲、足以激變。

全能之上帝、不以直道待我、俾我困於心、我指之而發誓、

慮而後成、思而後戰。

或有王出、與他王戰、非先坐而運籌、能以一萬敵來者二萬乎、不然、敵尚遠、將遣使求成矣、