


Joshua 7:7
Bible Versions
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
And Joshua {H3091} said {H559}, Alas, O {H162} Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}, wherefore hast thou at all {H5674} brought {H5674} this people {H5971} over {H5674} Jordan {H3383}, to deliver {H5414} us into the hand {H3027} of the Amorites {H567}, to destroy {H6} us? would to God {H3863} we had been content {H2974}, and dwelt {H3427} on the other side {H5676} Jordan {H3383}!
Y'hoshua said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM! Why did you take the trouble to bring this people across the Yarden if you meant to hand us over to the Emori and have us perish? We should have been satisfied to live on the other side of the Yarden!
“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
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