Jehoshaphat’s Prayer
2 Chronicles 20:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
- KJV
- Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
- WEB
- behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
- ASV
- behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
- LSV
- and behold, they are repaying to us—to come to drive us out of Your possession that You have caused us to possess.
- YLT
- and lo, they are recompensing to us — to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.
- DBY
- behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.
- DRC
- Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.
- GNV
- Behold, I say, they reward vs, in comming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.
- JPS
- behold, they render unto us evil, to come to cast us out of Thy possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit.
- LXXE
- yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which thou gavest us.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהִ֨נֵּה־הֵ֔ם גֹּמְלִ֖ים עָלֵ֑ינוּ לָבוֹא֙ לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ νῦν ἰσοὺ αὐτοὶ ἐπιχειροῦσιν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐξελθεῖν ἐκβαλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν, ἧς ἔδωκας ἡμῖν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
JehoshaphatBattleBen-AmmiFaithfulnessAmmon; AmmonitesDead Sea, ThePrayer, PublicMoabitesMoab; MoabitesJudah, Territory of
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 83:3–12With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For with one mind they plot together,…
- Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Judges 11:23–24Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it? Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the…
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Genesis 44:4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).