Joshua 23:9

THE MESSAGE

" God has driven out superpower nations before you. And up to now, no one has been able to stand up to you. Think of it—one of you, single-handedly, putting a thousand on the run! Because God is God , your God. Because he fights for you, just as he promised you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day.

Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

King James Version
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, nobody has withstood you to this day.

English Standard Version
For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.

New Century Version
"The Lord has forced many great and powerful nations to leave ahead of you. No nation has been able to defeat you.

New English Translation
"The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

Amplified Bible
"For the LORD has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has been able to stand [in opposition] before you to this day.

New American Standard Bible
"For the LORD has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no one has stood against you to this day.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye Lorde hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh has dispossessed great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Contemporary English Version
When you attacked powerful nations, the Lord made them run away, and no one has ever been able to stand up to you.

Complete Jewish Bible
This is why Adonai has driven out great, strong nations ahead of you; and it explains why no one has prevailed against you to this day,

Darby Translation
For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Lord helped you defeat many great and powerful nations. He forced them to leave. No nation has been able to defeat you.

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD has destroyed from before you great and strong nations; and no man has been able to stand against you to this day.

Good News Translation
The Lord has driven great and powerful nations out as you advanced, and no one has ever been able to stand against you.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah has dispossessed from before you great and mighty nations. As for you no one has stood before you until today.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and mightie nacions before you, like as there hath no man bene able to stonde before you vnto this daye.

American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.

Bible in Basic English
For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So shall the Lord cast out before you great nations and mightie, as no man hath ben able to stande before you hytherto.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
wherefore the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and mighty; but as for you, no man hath stood against you unto this day.

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord hath driuen out from before you, great nations, and strong: But as for you, no man hath beene able to stand before you vnto this day.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

English Revised Version
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thanne the Lord God schal do awei in youre siyt grete folkis, and strongeste; and noon schal mow ayenstonde you.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;

Update Bible Version
For Yahweh has driven out from before you great and strong nations: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you to this day.

World English Bible
For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

New King James Version
For the LORD has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

New Living Translation
"For the Lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you.

New Life Bible
For the Lord has driven away large and strong nations from in front of you. No man has been able to stand in front of you to this day.

New Revised Standard
For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no one has been able to withstand you to this day.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
therefore hath Yahweh dispossessed, from before you, nations great and strong, - but, as for you, not a man hath stood before you, until this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.

Revised Standard Version
For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the LORD has driven out great and strong nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Contextual Overview

¹A long time later, after God had given Israel rest from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was a venerable old man, Joshua called all Israel together—elders, chiefs, judges, and officers. Then he spoke to them: "I'm an old man. I've lived a long time. You have seen everything that God has done to these nations because of you. He did it because he's God , your God. He fought for you. "Stay alert: I have assigned to you by lot these nations that remain as an inheritance to your tribes—these in addition to the nations I have already cut down—from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west. God , your God, will drive them out of your path until there's nothing left of them and you'll take over their land just as God , your God, promised you. "Now, stay strong and steady. Obediently do everything written in the Book of The Revelation of Moses—don't miss a detail. Don't get mixed up with the nations that are still around. Don't so much as speak the names of their gods or swear by them. And by all means don't worship or pray to them. Hold tight to God , your God, just as you've done up to now. " God has driven out superpower nations before you. And up to now, no one has been able to stand up to you. Think of it—one of you, single-handedly, putting a thousand on the run! Because God is God , your God. Because he fights for you, just as he promised you. "Now, vigilantly guard your souls: Love God , your God. Because if you wander off and start taking up with these remaining nations still among you (intermarry, say, and have other dealings with them), know for certain that God , your God, will not get rid of these nations for you. They'll be nothing but trouble to you—horsewhips on your backs and sand in your eyes—until you're the ones who will be driven out of this good land that God , your God, has given you. "As you can see, I'm about to go the way we all end up going. Know this with all your heart, with everything in you, that not one detail has failed of all the good things God , your God, promised you. It has all happened. Nothing's left undone—not so much as a word. "But just as sure as everything good that God , your God, has promised has come true, so also God will bring to pass every bad thing until there's nothing left of you in this good land that God has given you. If you leave the path of the Covenant of God , your God, that he commanded you, go off and serve and worship other gods, God 's anger will blaze out against you. In no time at all there'll be nothing left of you, no sign that you've ever been in this good land he gave you." ³Joshua's Charge A long time later, after God had given Israel rest from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was a venerable old man, Joshua called all Israel together—elders, chiefs, judges, and officers. Then he spoke to them: "I'm an old man. I've lived a long time. You have seen everything that God has done to these nations because of you. He did it because he's God , your God. He fought for you. ⁴"Stay alert: I have assigned to you by lot these nations that remain as an inheritance to your tribes—these in addition to the nations I have already cut down—from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west. God , your God, will drive them out of your path until there's nothing left of them and you'll take over their land just as God , your God, promised you. ⁶"Now, stay strong and steady. Obediently do everything written in the Book of The Revelation of Moses—don't miss a detail. Don't get mixed up with the nations that are still around. Don't so much as speak the names of their gods or swear by them. And by all means don't worship or pray to them. Hold tight to God , your God, just as you've done up to now. ⁹" God has driven out superpower nations before you. And up to now, no one has been able to stand up to you. Think of it—one of you, single-handedly, putting a thousand on the run! Because God is God , your God. Because he fights for you, just as he promised you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For the Lord: or, Then the Lord will drive, Joshua 23:5, Joshua 21:43, Joshua 21:44, Deuteronomy 11:23

no man: Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:8, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 15:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:24 - there shall Psalms 44:7 - But

Cross-References

Romans 12:17
Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."

Romans 13:8
Don't run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along. The law code—don't sleep with another person's spouse, don't take someone's life, don't take what isn't yours, don't always be wanting what you don't have, and any other "don't" you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath driven out before you great nations and strong,.... Especially as they were reckoned in those times, before any great monarchies had existed, as did afterwards; and indeed these were, considering the land they inhabited, very numerous and populous, and were very stout and able bodied men, and some of a gigantic stature; and all dwelt in strong fortified cities, and were able to bring out large armies into the field, with chariots of iron, so that they were very formidable; but notwithstanding all this, the Lord drove them out of their strong holds, and put Israel into the possession of them, and of their land:

but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day; that is, of those that came out against them, and fought with them; these were all to a man cut off by them, or fled before them, and became tributaries to them; otherwise there were many, who as yet were not expelled by them; this the Lord had promised, and now had fulfilled, Deuteronomy 11:25.