who said, “Let us take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
- BSB who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
- ESV who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.”
- NKJV Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.”
- NASB Who said, “Let’s possess for ourselves The pastures of God.”
- NLT for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Chr 20:11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
- Ps 74:7–8They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
- Ps 83:4“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
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