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Brenton's Septuagint

Joshua 24:10

But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Shechem;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Balak;   Pillars;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   Covenant;   Ebal;   Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Mission(s);   Shechem;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Balaam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shechem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.
Hebrew Names Version
but I would not listen to Bil`am; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
King James Version
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Lexham English Bible
but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand,
English Standard Version
but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
New Century Version
but I refused to listen to Balaam. So he asked for good things to happen to you! I saved you and brought you out of his power.
New English Translation
I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.
Amplified Bible
'But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak's hand.
New American Standard Bible
'But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But I would not heare Balaam: therefore he blessed you, and I deliuered you out of his hand.
Legacy Standard Bible
But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he blessed you repeatedly, and I delivered you from his hand.
Contemporary English Version
But I wouldn't listen to Balaam, and I rescued you by making him bless you instead of curse you.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I refused to listen to Bil‘am, and he actually blessed you. In this way I rescued you from him.
Darby Translation
but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
but I refused to listen to Balaam's prayer. So he asked me to bless you, and I saved you from the enemy.
George Lamsa Translation
But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still; so I delivered you from his hands.
Good News Translation
But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you, and in this way I rescued you from Balak.
Literal Translation
And I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he greatly blessed you. And I delivered you out of his hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
neuertheles I wolde not heare him, but I blessed you, and delyuered you out of his hande.
American Standard Version
but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Bible in Basic English
But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I woulde not hearken vnto Balaam, & therfore he rather blessed you: and so I deliuered you out of his hand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he even blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
King James Version (1611)
But I would not hearken vnto Balaam, therefore he blessed you still: so I deliuered you out of his hand.
English Revised Version
but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Berean Standard Bible
but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y nolde here hym, but ayenward bi hym Y blesside you, and delyuerede you fro hise hondis.
Young's Literal Translation
and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.
Update Bible Version
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
World English Bible
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
New King James Version
But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
New Living Translation
but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.
New Life Bible
But I would not listen to Balaam. So he had to pray for good to come to you. And I saved you from his hand.
New Revised Standard
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I rescued you out of his hand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam, - so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.
Revised Standard Version
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

Contextual Overview

1 And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, even Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed; 4 and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them. 5 And I smote Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them. 6 And afterwards God brought out our fathers from Egypt, and ye entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea. 7 And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days. 8 And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that dwelt beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and ye inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you. 9 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us. 10 But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:12, Numbers 22:18-20, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 23:3-12, Numbers 23:15-26, Numbers 24:5-10, Isaiah 54:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:10 - I called Judges 11:25 - Balak Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam Micah 6:5 - Balak

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:5
And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?
Genesis 24:6
And Abraam said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou carry not my son back thither.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.
Genesis 24:23
And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with thy father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I would not hearken unto Balaam,.... Who was very solicitous to get leave of the Lord to curse Israel, which he knew he could not do without; he had a goodwill to it but could not accomplish it:

therefore he blessed you still; went on blessing Israel to the last, when Balak hoped every time he would have cursed them; and Balaam himself was very desirous of doing it; but could not, being overruled by the Lord, and under his restraint; which shows his power over evil spirits, and their agents:

so I delivered you out of his hands: both out of the hand of Balak, who was intimidated from bringing his forces against them, and out of the hand of Balaam, who was not suffered to curse them.


 
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