Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
And Dauid seide to þe messanger, Þou schalt seie þese thingis to Joab, Þis thing breke not þee; for þe bifallyng of batel is dyuerse, and swerd wastith now this man, now þat man; coumforte thi fiyteris ayens þe citee, þat thou distrye it, and excite thou hem.