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Bishop's Bible

Joshua 1:6

Be strong therfore and bolde: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide ye lande for inheritaunce, whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Communion;   Courage;   Faith;   Joshua;   Minister, Christian;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courage;   Courage-Fear;   Inheritance;   Israel;   Israel's Inheritance;   The Topic Concordance - Courage;   Strength;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Encouragement;   Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Education in Bible Times;   Forgiveness;   Leadership;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.
Hebrew Names Version
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
King James Version
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Lexham English Bible
Be strong and courageous, for you will give the people this land as an inheritance that I swore to their ancestors to give them.
English Standard Version
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
New Century Version
"Joshua, be strong and brave! You must lead these people so they can take the land that I promised their fathers I would give them.
New English Translation
Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.
Amplified Bible
"Be strong and confident and courageous, for you will give this people as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers (ancestors) to give them.
New American Standard Bible
"Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Be strong and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide the lande for an inheritance, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Contemporary English Version
Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Be strong, be bold; for you will cause this people to inherit the land I swore to their fathers I would give them.
Darby Translation
Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn unto their fathers to give them.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Joshua, you must be strong and brave! You must lead these people so that they can take their land. I promised their fathers that I would give them this land.
George Lamsa Translation
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Good News Translation
Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people as they occupy this land which I promised their ancestors.
Literal Translation
Be strong and brave. For you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be stronge and bolde: for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde ye londe, which I sware vnto their fathers, to geue it them.
American Standard Version
Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Bible in Basic English
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I swore unto their fathers to give them.
King James Version (1611)
Bee strong, and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou diuide for an inheritance the land which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Be strong and ‘quit thyself like a man, for thou shalt divide the land to this people, which I sware to give to your fathers.
English Revised Version
Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Berean Standard Bible
Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land I swore to their fathers I would give them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; for thou schalt departe bi lot to this puple the lond, for which Y swoor to thi fadris, that Y schulde yyue it to hem.
Young's Literal Translation
be strong and courageous, for thou -- thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.
Update Bible Version
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
World English Bible
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
New King James Version
Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
New Living Translation
"Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.
New Life Bible
Be strong and have strength of heart. For you will bring the people in to take this land which I promised to their fathers to give them.
New Revised Standard
Be strong and courageous; for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be firm and bold, - for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers, - to give unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.
Revised Standard Version
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Contextual Overview

1 After the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord, it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah ye sonne of Nun, Moyses minister, saying: 2 Moyses my seruaunt is dead: Nowe therefore arise, go ouer this Iordane, thou and all this people, vnto the lande the whiche I to them the chyldren of Israel do geue. 3 All the places that the soles of your feete shall treade vpon, haue I geuen you, as I sayde vnto Moyses. 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanon, vnto the great riuer Euphrates, all the lande of the Hethites, euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne, shalbe your coast. 5 There shal not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life: For as I was with Moyses, so wyll I be with thee, and wyll not fayle thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong therfore and bolde: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide ye lande for inheritaunce, whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them. 7 Only be thou strong, and of a stoute courage, that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee: Turne from the same neither to the right hande, nor to the lefte, that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande. 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth , but occupie thy minde therein day & night, that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all yt is written therein: For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt do wisely. 9 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be strong: Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:9, 1 Samuel 4:9, 1 Kings 2:2, 1 Chronicles 22:13, 1 Chronicles 28:10, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 27:14, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Daniel 10:19, Haggai 2:4, Zechariah 8:9, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:10, 2 Timothy 2:1

unto this people: etc. or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land

divide: Numbers 34:17-29

which I sware: Genesis 26:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:7 - which spake Numbers 13:20 - good courage Deuteronomy 1:38 - encourage him Deuteronomy 11:8 - that ye may Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Deuteronomy 31:7 - Be strong Joshua 1:18 - only be 1 Samuel 12:8 - made them 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be of good 1 Chronicles 28:7 - constant 1 Chronicles 28:20 - Be strong 2 Chronicles 19:11 - Deal courageously Ezra 9:12 - that ye may Psalms 60:6 - divide Jeremiah 32:22 - which Acts 28:15 - he thanked

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
And God called the light day, and the darknes night: and the euenyng & the mornyng were the first day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
Genesis 1:11
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth [both] budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.
Genesis 1:13
And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day.
Genesis 1:14
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
Genesis 1:20
And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be strong, and of good courage,.... The same exhortation Moses gave him, Deuteronomy 31:7; and is afterwards repeated in this chapter, as being of great moment and importance, as it is in the general of an army to show greatness and strength of mind, valour and courage, and not be dismayed at the number and strength of the enemy. As Joshua's work in fighting with the Canaanites, and conquering their land, so Christ's work in the redemption of his people, and subduing their enemies, required strength and courage, and both were very eminent in him:

for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them; and, this promise included and ensured the conquest of it, and the putting the people into the possession of it; for if he was to divide it to them, he must first take it out of the hands of the present inhabitants, and deliver it into the hands of the children of Israel, to be possessed by them, dividing to each tribe and family their part and portion.


 
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