Joshua 7:7
King James Version
7 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!
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Joshua 7:7
English Standard Version
7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (A)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!
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Joshua 7:7
New American Standard Bible
7 And Joshua said, “Oh, Lord [a]God! Why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to eliminate us? If only we had been willing [b]to live beyond the Jordan!
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- Joshua 7:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Joshua 7:7 Lit and had lived
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