KJV King James Version
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
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Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
WEB World English Bible
Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
ASV American Standard Version
Wilt 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess—dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence,—it we do possess.
Surrounding context — Judges 11
21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover [them] within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֲלֹ֞אH3808 · lonotאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]אֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhichיוֹרִֽישְׁךָ֛H3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessכְּמ֥וֹשׁH3645 · ke.moshChemoshאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאוֹת֥וֹH853 · et[Obj.]תִירָ֑שׁH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessוְאֵת֩H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichהוֹרִ֜ישׁH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessיְהוָ֧הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodמִפָּנֵ֖ינוּH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאוֹת֥וֹH853 · et[Obj.]נִירָֽשׁ׃H3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess
Cross-references
Micah 4:5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.Numbers 21:29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.Psalm 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.1 Kings 11:7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.Deuteronomy 18:12For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.Psalm 44:2[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Jeremiah 48:46Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.Deuteronomy 9:4-5Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.Jeremiah 48:7For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together.
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