ESV
KJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
ASV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the kings word was abominable to Joab.
ERVEN
6. Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David's order.
NLT
6. But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
WEB
6. But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
NET
6. Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's edict disgusted him.
NLV
6. But Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin among them because he did not like what the king had told him to do.
HCSB
6. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king's command was detestable to him.
YLT
6. And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
LITV
6. And Levi and Benjamin he did not number among them, for the word of the king was loathsome to Joab.
RV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king-s word was abominable to Joab.
NCV
6. But Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he didn't like King David's order.
MKJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was evil to Joab.
AKJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
LXXEN
6. But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king [Or, straitened, or prevailed against, or pressed Joab] was painful to Joab.
KJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
AMP
6. But Levi and Benjamin he did not include among them, for the king's order was detestable to Joab.
KJVP
6. But Levi H3878 and Benjamin H1144 counted H6485 VQQ3MS he not H3808 NADV among H8432 them : for H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s word H1697 CMS was abominable H8581 to Joab H3097 .
YLT
6. And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
ASV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the kings word was abominable to Joab.
WEB
6. But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
NASB
6. Levi and Benjamin, however, he did not include in the census, for the king's command was repugnant to Joab.
ESV
6. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.
RV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king-s word was abominable to Joab.
RSV
6. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.
NKJV
6. But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
MKJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was evil to Joab.
AKJV
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
NRSV
6. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.
NIV
6. But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king's command was repulsive to him.
NIRV
6. But Joab didn't include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the total number. The king's command was sickening to Joab.
NLT
6. But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
MSG
6. Joab, disgusted by the command--it, in fact, turned his stomach!--protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking.
GNB
6. Because Joab disapproved of the king's command, he did not take any census of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin.
NET
6. Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's edict disgusted him.
ERVEN
6. Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David's order.