Jos 7:7 | NASB1995 | STEP | Joshua said , “ Alas , O Lord God , why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan , only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites , to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan !

Joshua 7:7

7 Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing ^{▼▼ Lit and had dwelt}to dwell beyond the Jordan!