New Living Translation
2 Chronicles 20:11
11Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 20:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
- New International Version (NIV)See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.
Context of 2 Chronicles 20:11
9They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war, plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.’ 10“And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them. Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance. 12O our God, won’t you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.” 13As all the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, wives, and children,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 202 Chronicles 20:11 word by word
וְהִ֨נֵּה־הֵ֔ם גֹּמְלִ֖ים עָלֵ֑ינוּ לָבוֹא֙ לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:11
- Genesis 44:4But when they had gone only a short distance and were barely out of the city, Joseph said to his palace manager, “Chase after them and stop them. When you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you repaid my kindness with such evil?
- Psalms 7:4if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair.
- Proverbs 17:13If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
- Judges 11:23“So you see, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?
- Psalms 83:3They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They reward us - Six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. add רעה evil: "Behold, they reward us Evil." This is also the reading of the Targum.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-12Jehoshaphat reacted to the news of war with nearby nations by praying in sorrow, following Solomon's prayer ideals (2 Chronicles 6:24–40).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-135-13. Jehoshaphat stood ... in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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