Judges 11:23

So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

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WEBBE

So now the LORD, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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?

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וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and now H6258 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵי 'e·lo·hei [the] God of H430 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 הוֹרִישׁ ho·rish he has dispossessed H3423 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאֱמֹרִי ha·'e·mo·ri the Amorite[s] H567 מִפְּנֵי mi·pe·nei from before H6440 עַמּוֹ a·mo people his H5971 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 וְאַתָּה ve·'a·tah and you H859 תִּירָשֶׁנּוּ ti·ra·she·nu will you take possession of? it H3423

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–28

One instance of the honour and respect we owe to God, as our God, is, rightly to employ what he gives us to possess. Receive it from him, use it for him, and part with it when he calls for it. The whole of this message shows that Jephthah was well acquainted with the books of Moses. His argument was clear, and his demand reasonable. Those who possess the most courageous faith, will be the most disposed for peace, and the readiest to make advances to obtain; but rapacity and ambition often cloak their designs under a plea of equity, and render peaceful endeavours of no avail.

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