Joshua 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Alas. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6

Lord GOD. Adonai Jehovah. See App-4.

wherefore. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

would to God. Hebrew "would that". No "to God "in Hebrew text.

Joshua 7:7

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!