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

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、我指上帝以誓、如爾無角技之舉、則自朝迄今民不追其兄弟。

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.”

Joab said,“ As God lives, if you had not spoken, then the people of Judah certainly would have withdrawn in the morning, each from pursuing his brother.”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

Then Abner said to Joab,“ Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.”“ Let them get up,” Joab replied.

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

You said,‘ I will be the queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome.

Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterward if your opponent humiliates you?

Now my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live— it is the LORD who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand— may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Finalize plans with counsel, and wage war with sound guidance.

“ Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.