Nehemiah 9:24
22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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- BSB
- So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
- KJV
- So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- WEB
- “So the children went in and possessed the land; and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
- ASV
- So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- DARBY
- And the children went in and possessed the land; and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- BLB
- And the sons came and possessed the land, and You humbled before their faces the dwellers of the land of the Canaanites, and You gave them into their hands and their kings, and the people of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.
- ÅB
- Så kom da deres barn og tok landet i eie, og du ydmyket landets innbyggere, kana'anittene, for dem og gav dem i deres hånd, både kongene og folkene der i landet, så de kunne gjøre med dem som de ville.
- OTB
- Deres barn gikk inn og tok i eie landet. Du underla dem landets innbyggere, kanaaneerne, og overgav dem til dem, med deres konger og folkene i landet, for å gjøre med dem som de ønsket.
- B1930
- Så kom da deres barn og tok landet i eie, og du ydmyket landets innbyggere, kana'anittene, for dem og gav dem i deres hånd, både kongene og folkene der i landet, så de kunde gjøre med dem som de vilde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
Read in contextJoshua 21:43
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:18
“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
Read in contextPsalms 44:2–3
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Read in contextJoshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Read in contextNumbers 14:31
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
Read in contextJoshua 21:45
Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
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