约书亚记 17:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

山地也要歸給你們，那裡雖然是森林，你們可以砍伐，開闢的土地都歸給你們；迦南人雖然擁有鐵車，勢力強大，你們也能把他們趕出去。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
山 地 也 要 归 你 ， 虽 是 树 林 ， 你 也 可 以 砍 伐 ； 靠 近 之 地 必 归 你 。 迦 南 人 虽 有 铁 车 ， 虽 是 强 盛 ， 你 也 能 把 他 们 赶 出 去 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ The people from the tribes of Joseph said to Joshua, "You gave us only one area of land, but we are many people. Why did you give us only one part of all the land the Lord gave his people?" ¹⁵ And Joshua answered them, "If you have too many people, go up to the forest and make a place for yourselves to live there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaites. The mountain country of Ephraim is too small for you." ¹⁶ The people of Joseph said, "It is true. The mountain country of Ephraim is not enough for us, but the land where the Canaanites live is dangerous. They are skilled fighters. They have powerful weapons in Beth Shan and all the small towns in that area, and they are also in the Valley of Jezreel." ¹⁷ Then Joshua said to the people of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh, "There are many of you, and you have great power. You should be given more than one share of land. ¹⁸ You also will have the mountain country. It is a forest, but you can cut down the trees and make it a good place to live. You will own all of it because you will force the Canaanites to leave the land even though they have powerful weapons and are strong."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the mountain: Joshua 17:15, Joshua 15:9, Joshua 20:7

for thou shalt: Joshua 11:4-6, Joshua 13:6, Numbers 14:6-9, Deuteronomy 20:1-4, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Isaiah 41:10-16, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:37, Hebrews 13:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:5 - two sons Joshua 5:1 - Canaanites Joshua 17:16 - chariots Joshua 18:5 - the house Judges 3:27 - mountain 2 Samuel 18:6 - wood of Ephraim 1 Chronicles 7:29 - In these dwelt

Cross-References

Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."

Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."

Psalms 4:6
Many people ask, "Who will give us anything good?" Lord , be kind to us.

Psalms 41:12
Because I am innocent, you support me and will let me be with you forever.

Isaiah 59:2
It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause him to turn away from you, so he does not hear you.

Jeremiah 32:39
I will make them truly want to be one people with one goal. They will truly want to worship me all their lives, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Acts 2:39
This promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the mountains shall be thine,.... Or "for" s it shall be thine; thou shalt get the possession of it, though attended with difficulties that seem insuperable:

for, or "if, though" t

it [is] a wood; the habitation of the Perizzites, and giants, and so dangerous to go un to it, and full of trees, and so seems unprofitable and useless:

and thou shalt cut it down; both the inhabitants of it, and the trees of it, and clear it of both, and make it both safe and commodious to dwell in, which would be a fine enlargement for them:

and the outgoings of it shall be thine; all it produces when cultivated, and all the parts adjacent to it:

for thou shall drive out the Canaanites; this Joshua assures them of, to encourage them to attempt it:

though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong; be not afraid of their chariots, though terrible, nor of their giants and mighty men, God will be on your side, and you have nothing to fear from them, see Joshua 11:4; whether the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh took this advice of Joshua is not said.

s כי "quia", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Gussetius, p. 378. t כי "si", Junius & Tremellius, "licet", Ar. vers. Lat.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 17:18. The outgoings of it shall be thine — Clear away the wood, occupy the mountain, and you shall soon be able to command all the valleys; and, possessing all the defiles of the country, you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron: your situation will be advantageous, your numbers very respectable, and the hand of God will be upon you for good.

1. FROM the whole history of the Israelites we find that it was difficult to please them; they had a dissatisfied mind, and hence were rarely contented. From the above account we learn that the children of Joseph were much inclined to quarrel with Joshua, because they had not such a lot as they wished; though they could not be ignorant that their lot, as that of the others, had been determined by the especial providence of God.

2. Joshua treats them with great firmness; he would not attempt to alter the appointment of God, and he saw no reason to reverse or change the grant already made. They were both numerous and strong, and if they put forth their strength under the direction of even the ordinary providence of God, they had every reason to expect success.

3. Slothfulness is natural to man; it requires much training to induce him to labour for his daily bread; if God should miraculously send it he will wonder and eat it, and that is the whole. Strive to enter in at the strait gate is an ungracious word to many; they profess to trust in God's mercy, but labour not to enter into that rest: God will not reverse his purpose to meet their slothfulness; they alone who overcome shall sit with Jesus upon his throne. Reader, take unto thee the whole armour of God, that thou mayest be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all - to STAND. And remember, that he only who endures to the end shall be saved.