Joshua 24:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.”
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“Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 24:8 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
- Numbers 21:21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Numbers 21:25Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
- Deuteronomy 2:32So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
- Joshua 13:10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Nehemiah 9:22You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Psalms 135:10He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Psalms 136:17He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
- Amos 2:9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
- Amos 2:10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
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