Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess. New Living Translation You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the LORD our God gives us. English Standard Version Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the LORD our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess. Berean Standard Bible Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us. King James Bible Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. New King James Version Will you not possess whatever Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God takes possession of before us, we will possess. New American Standard Bible Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess it. NASB 1995 ‘Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has driven out before us, we will possess it. NASB 1977 ‘Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has driven out before us, we will possess it. Legacy Standard Bible Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever Yahweh our God has taken possession of before us, we will possess it. Amplified Bible Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And everything that the LORD our God dispossessed before us, we will possess. Christian Standard Bible Isn’t it true that you can have whatever your god Chemosh conquers for you, and we can have whatever the LORD our God conquers for us? Holman Christian Standard Bible Isn’t it true that you may possess whatever your god Chemosh drives out for you, and we may possess everything the LORD our God drives out before us? American Standard Version Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do you not inherit whatever Kemosh your god causes you to inherit, and anything that LORD JEHOVAH our God destroys from before us, we inherit? Brenton Septuagint Translation Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chamos thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the land of all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you? Contemporary English Version If Chemosh your god takes over a country and gives it to you, don't you have a right to it? And if the LORD takes over a country and gives it to us, the land is ours! Douay-Rheims Bible Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be our possession: English Revised Version Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. GOD'S WORD® Translation Shouldn't you take possession of what your god Chemosh took for you? Shouldn't we take everything the LORD our God took for us? Good News Translation Are you going to try to take it back? You can keep whatever your god Chemosh has given you. But we are going to keep everything that the LORD, our God, has taken for us. International Standard Version Don't you control what your god Chemosh gives you? In the same way, we'll take control of whomever the LORD our God has driven out in front of us. JPS Tanakh 1917 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. Literal Standard Version That which your god Chemosh causes you to possess—do you not possess it? And all that which our God YHWH has dispossessed from our presence—we possess it. Majority Standard Bible Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us. New American Bible Should you not take possession of that which your god Chemosh gave you to possess, and should we not take possession of all that the LORD, our God, has dispossessed for us? NET Bible You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the LORD our God has driven out before us. New Revised Standard Version Should you not possess what your god Chemosh gives you to possess? And should we not be the ones to possess everything that the LORD our God has conquered for our benefit? New Heart English Bible Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God has driven out from before us, we will possess. Webster's Bible Translation Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. World English Bible Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. Young's Literal Translation That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess -- dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, -- it we do possess. Additional Translations ... Context Jephthah Delivers Israel…23Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it? 24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us. 25Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?… Cross References Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. Judges 11:23 Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it? Ruth 1:15 "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home." 1 Kings 11:7 At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. Jeremiah 48:13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. Jeremiah 48:46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity. Treasury of Scripture Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. Wilt not thou possess. Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 1 Kings 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. Jeremiah 48:7,46 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together… whomsoever Deuteronomy 9:4,5 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee… Deuteronomy 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Joshua 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. Jump to Previous Causeth Chemosh Dispossessed Drive Driven Likewise Possess Presence Sends Whatever Whomsoever Wilt Won'tJump to Next Causeth Chemosh Dispossessed Drive Driven Likewise Possess Presence Sends Whatever Whomsoever Wilt Won'tJudges 11 1. The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead12. The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain 29. Jephthah's vow 32. His conquest of the Ammonites 34. He performs his vow on his daughter. (24) Chemosh thy god.--The expression shows the close connection between Ammon and Moab. Chemosh was distinctively the god of Moab, and Moloch of Ammon; but the two nations were of kindred blood and allied institutions (Judges 3:12-13). The name Chemosh means "subduer," and there is here, perhaps, a tacit reference to the wild popular song of triumph over the conquest of Heshbon, in which Chemosh is taunted by name (Numbers 21:29; comp. Jeremiah 48:7). The clause might be rendered, "Whatever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed before us, that take we in possession."Verse 24. - Chemosh. The national god of the Moabites (cf. Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:7, 33; Jeremiah 48:7, 13, 46, etc.). Thy god. The phrase indicates a very close connection between Moab and Ammon at the present time, both possibly being under one king. Chemosh, rather than Moloch, is mentioned because the territory had belonged to the Moabites, but Chemosh had not been able to save it from the Amorites. The Lord our God. Jehovah was the God of Israel as truly as Chemosh was the god of Moab, in one sense. Possibly Jephthah had not risen to the conception of Jehovah as the God of the whole earth. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do you notהֲלֹ֞א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no possess יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ֛ (yō·w·rî·šə·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin whatever אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that your god אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Chemosh כְּמ֥וֹשׁ (kə·mō·wōš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3645: Chemosh -- a god of the Moabites grants you? תִירָ֑שׁ (ṯî·rāš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin So also, וְאֵת֩ (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case we possess הוֹרִ֜ישׁ (hō·w·rîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin whatever כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has granted נִירָֽשׁ׃ (nî·rāš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin us. מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ (mip·pā·nê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 6440: The face Links Judges 11:24 NIVJudges 11:24 NLT Judges 11:24 ESV Judges 11:24 NASB Judges 11:24 KJV Judges 11:24 BibleApps.com Judges 11:24 Biblia Paralela Judges 11:24 Chinese Bible Judges 11:24 French Bible Judges 11:24 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 11:24 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your (Jd Judg. 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