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Joshua 1:6

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.

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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
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 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 the Lord's servant Moses, the Lord said to Moses' helper, Joshua the son of Nun, 2 "My servant Moses is dead. So you and all these people get up and cross the Jordan River to the land I am giving to the people of Israel. 3 I have given you every place where the bottom of your foot steps, as I promised Moses. 4 Your land will be from the desert and from Lebanon as far as the big Euphrates River. It will be all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No man will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. I will be with you just as I have been with Moses. I will be faithful to you and will not leave you alone. 6 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. 7 Only be strong and have much strength of heart. Be careful to obey all the Law which My servant Moses told you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left. Then all will go well with you everywhere you go. 8 This book of the Law must not leave your mouth. Think about it day and night, so you may be careful to do all that is written in it. Then all will go well with you. You will receive many good things. 9 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."

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
Then God called the light day, and He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be an open space between the waters. Let it divide waters from waters."
Genesis 1:7
God made the open space, and divided the waters under the open space from the waters above the open space. And it was so.
Genesis 1:8
Then God called the open space Heaven. There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let plants grow from the earth, plants that have seeds. Let fruit trees grow on the earth that bring their kind of fruit with their own seeds." And it was so.
Genesis 1:12
Plants grew out of the earth, giving their own kind of seeds. Trees grew with their fruit, and their kind of seeds. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the open space of the heavens to divide day from night. Let them tell the days and years and times of the year.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters be full of living things. Let birds fly above the earth in the open space of the heavens."
Genesis 1:22
God wanted good to come to them, saying, "Give birth to many. Grow in number. Fill the waters in the seas. Let birds grow in number on 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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