23"Now since the LORD , the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over?


In Context

20 Sihon, however, did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He mustered all his men and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.

21 "Then the LORD , the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his men into Israel's hands, and they defeated them. Israel took over all the land of the Amorites who lived in that country,

22 capturing all of it from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan.

23 "Now since the LORD , the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over?

24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess.

25 Are you better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them?

Judges 11:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:23So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess this land?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:23So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23So then the LORD, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:23So now the LORD, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldst thou possess it?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:23'And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldest possess it!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:23So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it?