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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Joshua 23:8

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Company;   Decision;   Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Steadfastness;   Steadfastness-Instability;   The Topic Concordance - Cleaving;   Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Joshua, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instead, be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this day.
Hebrew Names Version
but cleave to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
King James Version
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Lexham English Bible
But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day.
English Standard Version
but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day.
New Century Version
You must continue to follow the Lord your God, as you have done in the past.
New English Translation
But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.
Amplified Bible
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, just as you have done to this day.
New American Standard Bible
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But sticke fast vnto the Lord your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
Legacy Standard Bible
But you are to cling to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
Contemporary English Version
Be as faithful to the Lord as you have always been.
Complete Jewish Bible
but cling to Adonai your God, as you have done to this day.
Darby Translation
but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must continue to follow the Lord your God. You have done this in the past, and you must continue to do it.
George Lamsa Translation
But cleave to the LORD your God, as you have done even to this day.
Good News Translation
Instead, be faithful to the Lord , as you have been till now.
Literal Translation
But you shall cling to Jehovah your God, as you have done until today.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But cleue vnto the LORDE youre God, as ye haue done vnto this daye:
American Standard Version
but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But sticke fast vnto the Lorde your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day;
King James Version (1611)
But cleaue vnto the Lord your God, as yee haue done vnto this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.
English Revised Version
but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But cleue ye to youre Lord God, which thing ye han do `til in to this dai;
Young's Literal Translation
but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
Update Bible Version
but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
But cleave to the LORD your God, as ye have done to this day.
World English Bible
but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
New King James Version
but you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
New Living Translation
Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.
New Life Bible
But hold on to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
New Revised Standard
but hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, unto Yahweh your God, must ye cleave, - as, ye have done until this day;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this day.
Revised Standard Version
but cleave to the LORD your God as you have done to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Contextual Overview

1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and advanced in years, 2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. "I am old and advanced in years," he said, 3"and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you. 4See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea. 5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you. 6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left. 7So you are not to associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them. 8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you. 10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

or, For if ye will cleave, etc. Joshua 22:5, Deuteronomy 4:4, Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 11:22, Deuteronomy 13:4, Acts 11:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:24 - cleave Deuteronomy 30:20 - cleave 2 Kings 18:6 - he clave

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Genesis 23:4
"I am a stranger and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
1 Kings 2:17
Adonijah replied, "Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."
Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us-One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But cleave unto the Lord your God,.... To his word, worship, and ordinances; externally, by close adherence to them, and strict observation of them; and internally, by strong affection to him, hope, trust, and confidence in him, expectation of all good things from him, and constant application to him for help in all times of need, and a fixed dependence on him:

as ye have done unto this day; that is, since they came into the land of Canaan, and had been under the government of Joshua; for otherwise, while in the wilderness, they frequently revolted from God, and murmured against him; and this is to be understood not of individuals, who doubtless were guilty of various failings and sins, but of the whole body, and with respect to any notorious offence, particularly idolatry, which they had not fallen into since they came into the land of Canaan, and had very lately shown great zeal against it; not only the tribes on this side, but those on the other side Jordan, as the preceding chapter largely relates.


 
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