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Joshua 18:2–3

There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. So Joshua said to the people of Israel, r“How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

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Joshua 18:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But there remained seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land.

Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given to you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.

Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

But there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land.

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you.

Joshua 18:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them. And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

There were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received any land as their inheritance. So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long are you going to waste time conquering the land which the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance. So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

There remained among the Israelites seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you be slack about going in and taking possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And seven tribes remained among the Israelites who had not been apportioned their inheritance. And Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Joshua 18:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But there were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received their shares of land.

So Joshua spoke to the people of Israel. He said, “The Lord, the God of your people, has given you this land. How long will you wait before you begin to take it over?

Joshua 18:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance.

So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?


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