KJV King James Version
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, [even] to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou [art] a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot [only]:
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Joshua 17:17
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, [even] to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou [art] a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot [only]:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,
WEB World English Bible
Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, ‘Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot only,
Surrounding context — Joshua 17
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, [even] to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou [art] a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot [only]:
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙H3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephלְאֶפְרַ֥יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוְלִמְנַשֶּׁ֖הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayעַם־H5971 · ampeopleרַ֣בH7227 · ravmanyאַתָּ֗הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְכֹ֤חַH3581 · ko.achreptileגָּדוֹל֙H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouגּוֹרָ֥לH1486 · go.ralallottedאֶחָֽד׃H259 · e.chadone
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