NET

27 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.”

Darby

27 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.

KJV

27 And Joab said, [As] God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning^K1527the people had gone up^K1528every one from following his brother.

KJV Bible Notes

in the morning: Heb. from the morning. gone up: Or, gone away.

Strong's

27 And Joab^H3097 said^H559, As God^H430 liveth^H2416, unless^H3884 thou hadst spoken^H1696, As then in the morning^H1242 the people^H5971 had gone up^H5927 every one^H376 from following^H310 his brother^H251.