Judges 11:23

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?”

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BSBPD

“Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldest possess it!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 11:23 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:22And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
  2. Joshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:11See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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