2 Chronicles 20:11

What does 2 Chronicles 20:11 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 20:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and lo, they are recompensing to us--to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.

Context

v.10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;

v.11This passage

v.12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 44:4

    And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

  • Judges 11:23

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

  • Jeremiah 18:20

    Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

  • Psalms 83:3

    They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

  • Psalms 35:12

    They reward me evil for good, Tothe bereaving of my soul.

  • Psalms 7:4

    If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);

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