Judges 11:23

What does Judges 11:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 11:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So the Lord, the God of Israel, destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess his land?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now Jehovah theGod of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou take possession of it?

Context

v.22And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.

v.23This passage

v.24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

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