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.”

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Joab said,“ As God lives, if you had not spoken, then the people of Judah certainly would have withdrawn in the morning, each from pursuing his brother.”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

押尼珥对约押说：“让年轻人起来，在我们面前较量一下吧！”约押说：“让他们起来吧。”

纷争掀起，如同缺口的水；因此，争端尚未爆发就当制止。

你说：“我必永远为后。”你不将这事放在心上，也不思想事情的结局。

不要冒失出去与人争讼，免得你的邻舍羞辱你，最后你就不知怎么做。

现在，我主啊，耶和华既然阻止你亲手报仇，避免流人的血，我指着永生的耶和华起誓，又指着你的性命起誓：‘现在，愿你的仇敌和谋害我主的人都像拿八一样。’

回答柔和，使怒消退；言语粗暴，触动怒气。

“我指着夺去我公道的永生神，并使我心中愁苦的全能者起誓：

计谋凭筹算立定，打仗要凭智谋。

或是一个王出去和别的王打仗，岂不先坐下来酌量，他能不能用一万兵去抵抗那领二万兵来攻打他的吗？若是不能，他就趁敌人还远的时候，派使者去谈和平的条件。