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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Joshua 1:6

Be firm and bold, - for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers, - to give unto 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 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.
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 And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, - that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying: 2 Moses my servant, is dead, - Now, therefore, arise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, into the land which I am giving unto them - unto the sons of Israel. 3 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread, unto you, have I given it, - as I spake unto Moses. 4 From the desert and this Lebanon, even unto the great river - the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going in of the sun, shall be your boundary. 5 No man shall stand before thee, all the days of thy life, - as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee, I will not fail thee, neither will I forsake thee. 6 Be firm and bold, - for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers, - to give unto them. 7 Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left, - that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest. 8 This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein, - for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success. 9 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?

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, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening - and it was morning, one day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening - and it was morning, a, second day.
Genesis 1:11
And God said - Let the land put-forth vegetation-herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so,
Genesis 1:12
And the land brought-forth vegetation - herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
So it was evening - and it was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:14
And God said - Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, - and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Genesis 1:20
And God said - Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, - Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let, the birds, multiply in the land.

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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