Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3097 [e] יוֹאָ֔ב yō-w-’āḇ, Joab N-proper-ms 2416 [e] חַ֚י ḥay [As] lives N-ms 430 [e] הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm, God Art | N-mp 3588 [e] כִּ֥י kî unless Conj 3884 [e] לוּלֵ֖א lū-lê surely Conj 1696 [e] דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ dib-bar-tā; you had spoken V-Piel-Perf-2ms 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî surely Conj 227 [e] אָ֤ז ’āz then Adv 1242 [e] מֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ mê-hab-bō-qer by morning Prep-m, Art | N-ms 5927 [e] נַעֲלָ֣ה na-‘ă-lāh would have given up V-Nifal-Perf-3ms 5971 [e] הָעָ֔ם hā-‘ām, the people Art | N-ms 376 [e] אִ֖ישׁ ’îš all N-ms 310 [e] מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י mê-’a-ḥă-rê pursuing Prep-m 251 [e] אָחִֽיו׃ ’ā-ḥîw. their brothers N-msc | 3ms

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."

As God This was spoken in allusion to the proposal of Abner, (ver.

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unless

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Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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in the morning [heb] from the morning
gone up. or, gone away.

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