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Joshua 1:9

Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Communion;   Courage;   Faith;   God;   Joshua;   Minister, Christian;   War;   The Topic Concordance - Courage;   Fear;   Strength;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Encouragement;   Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Leadership;   Presence of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Courage;   Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genesis, the Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Hebrew Names Version
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
King James Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Lexham English Bible
Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go."
English Standard Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
New Century Version
Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go."
New English Translation
I repeat, be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do."
Amplified Bible
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New American Standard Bible
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Haue not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong and of a good courage, feare not, nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God will be with thee, whithersoeuer thou goest.
Legacy Standard Bible
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be in dread or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go."
Contemporary English Version
I've commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go.
Complete Jewish Bible
Haven't I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold'? So don't be afraid or downhearted, because Adonai your God is with you wherever you go."
Darby Translation
Have I not commanded thee: Be strong and courageous? Be not afraid, neither be dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Easy-to-Read Version
Remember, I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I have commanded you. Be strong and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed; for the your God is with you wherever you go.
Good News Translation
Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go."
Literal Translation
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for Jehovah your God is with you in all places where you go.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Lo, I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde. Feare not, and be not afrayed: for the LORDE thy God is with ye, whither so euer thou goest.
American Standard Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Haue not I comaunded thee, that thou shouldest be strong & hardie, and not feare nor be faint hearted? For I the Lorde thy God am with thee, whyther soeuer thou goest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
King James Version (1611)
Haue not I commanded thee? be strong, and of a good courage, bee not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee, whither soeuer thou goest.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
English Revised Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Berean Standard Bible
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y comaunde to thee; be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; nyle thou drede `withoutforth, and nyle thou drede withynne; for thi Lord God is with thee in alle thingis, to whiche thou goost.
Young's Literal Translation
`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee [is] Jehovah thy God in every [place] whither thou goest.'
Update Bible Version
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be frightened, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
Webster's Bible Translation
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.
World English Bible
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
New King James Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New Living Translation
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
New Life Bible
Have I not told you? Be strong and have strength of heart! Do not be afraid or lose faith. For the Lord your God is with you anywhere you go."
New Revised Standard
I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Have I not commanded thee, Be firm and bold, do not start nor be dismayed, - for, with thee, is Yahweh thy God, whithersoever thou goest?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
Revised Standard Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Contextual Overview

1 Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel. 3 Every place on which you put your foot I have given to you, as I said to Moses. 4 From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country. 5 While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up. 6 Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers. 7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings. 8 Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well. 9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Have: Deuteronomy 31:7, Deuteronomy 31:8, Deuteronomy 31:28, Judges 6:14, 2 Samuel 13:28, Acts 4:19

Be strong: Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:7

be not: Genesis 28:15, Deuteronomy 20:1, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Jeremiah 1:7, Jeremiah 1:8

for the Lord: Psalms 46:7, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:21 - God Exodus 13:9 - strong hand Exodus 18:19 - God shall Numbers 13:20 - good courage Deuteronomy 1:21 - fear not Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Joshua 1:5 - as I was Joshua 1:18 - only be Joshua 6:27 - the Lord Joshua 8:1 - Fear not Joshua 8:8 - I have Joshua 10:25 - Fear not Joshua 23:9 - no man Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 4:6 - Hath Judges 6:12 - The Lord 1 Samuel 17:11 - dismayed 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be of good 1 Kings 8:57 - General 1 Chronicles 22:16 - Arise 2 Chronicles 15:7 - ye strong 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 19:11 - Deal courageously Ezra 1:3 - his God Nehemiah 4:14 - General Job 29:5 - the Almighty Psalms 60:12 - we shall Isaiah 28:6 - and for strength Isaiah 41:10 - Fear Isaiah 43:2 - I will be Jeremiah 1:19 - for I am Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Jeremiah 46:28 - for I am Daniel 10:19 - be strong Amos 5:14 - and so Haggai 2:4 - now Acts 18:10 - I am Acts 28:15 - he thanked 1 Corinthians 16:13 - be 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace Ephesians 6:10 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:5
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
Job 26:7
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Have not I commanded thee?.... The above things, to go over Jordan with the people into the land of Canaan, and to observe the law of Moses in all things, and to be of good courage, which is again repeated; consider who it is that has given these orders and instructions, the great Jehovah, the everlasting I AM, who is faithful to his promises, and able to perform. The consideration of which would serve to animate him to the work he was called unto, to encourage his faith in God, to engage in his service cheerfully and readily:

be strong, and of a good courage; :-;

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be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed; at his enemies, numerous and powerful, nor discouraged at anything in himself, any unfitness for such service, as he might think, or at any difficulties he might fear from the people he had the government of, and was to lead on; it was enough that the divine Presence was promised him, and which is repeated:

for the Lord thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest: or, as the Targum of Jonathan,

"for thy help is the Word of the Lord thy God;''

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