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Joshua 1:17

As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey thee also: only be the Lord thy God with thee, as he was with Moses.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Citizens;   Joshua;   Loyalty;   Reubenites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Tappuah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We will obey you, just as we obeyed Moses in everything. Certainly the Lord your God will be with you, as he was with Moses.
Hebrew Names Version
According as we listened to Moshe in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moshe.
King James Version
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Lexham English Bible
Just as we obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
English Standard Version
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses!
New Century Version
Just as we fully obeyed Moses, we will obey you. We ask only that the Lord your God be with you just as he was with Moses.
New English Translation
Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!
Amplified Bible
"Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey you; only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.
New American Standard Bible
"Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey thee: onely the Lorde thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so we will listen to you; only may Yahweh your God be with you as He was with Moses.
Contemporary English Version
If the Lord our God will help you as he helped Moses, and if you are strong and brave, we will obey you as we obeyed Moses. We'll even put to death anyone who rebels against you or refuses to obey you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Just as we listened to everything Moshe said, so will we listen to you. Only may Adonai your God be with you as he was with Moshe.
Darby Translation
According as we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee; only may Jehovah thy God be with thee as he was with Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
We will obey whatever you say, just as we obeyed Moses. We only ask that the Lord your God be with you just as he was with Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
Good News Translation
We will obey you, just as we always obeyed Moses, and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!
Literal Translation
According to all we heard from Moses, so we will listen to you. Surely Jehovah your God is with you, as He has been with Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Like as we haue obeyed Moses, so wyl we be obedient also vnto the: Onely that the LORDE thy God be with ye, like as he was with Moses.
American Standard Version
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Bible in Basic English
As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
According as we obeyed Moyses in al thinges, so will we obey thee: only the Lorde thy God be with thee, as he was with Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses.
King James Version (1611)
According as we hearkened vnto Moses in all things, so will we hearken vnto thee: onely the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whereinsoever we hearkened to Moses we will hearken to thee; only let the Lord our God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
English Revised Version
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as we obeieden in alle thingis to Moises, so we schulen obeie also to thee; oneli thi Lord God be with thee, as he was with Moyses.
Young's Literal Translation
according to all that we hearkened unto Moses [in], so we hearken unto thee; surely Jehovah thy God is with thee as He hath been with Moses.
Update Bible Version
According as we listened to Moses in all things, so we will listen to you: only Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
According as we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
World English Bible
According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
New King James Version
Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
New Living Translation
We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.
New Life Bible
We will obey you in all things just as we obeyed Moses. Only may the Lord your God be with you as He was with Moses.
New Revised Standard
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As in every thing we hearkened unto Moses, so, will we hearken unto thee, - only let Yahweh thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Revised Standard Version
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.

Contextual Overview

16 And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast commanded us, we will do: and whither soever thou shalt send us, we will go. 17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey thee also: only be the Lord thy God with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and not obey all thy words, that thou shalt command him, let him die: only take thou courage, and do manfully.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

only the Lord: Joshua 1:5, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Kings 1:37, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalms 20:1, Psalms 20:4, Psalms 20:9, Psalms 118:25, Psalms 118:26, Matthew 21:9, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:18 - and they Joshua 3:7 - as I was

Cross-References

Genesis 9:13
I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth.
Job 38:12
Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
Psalms 8:1
<Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.> (8-2) O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
Psalms 8:3
(8-4) For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
Acts 13:47
For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles: that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

According as we have hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee,.... Not right or wrong, but in all things that were according to the laws and will of God made known to them; and particularly it may refer to the above affair, which was settled between Moses and them, to whom they then hearkened, and now promise to confirm the same, and hearken to whatsoever orders and instructions Joshua should give them relative to it, according to the plan agreed upon:

only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses; which is not mentioned as a condition of their obedience to him, but rather as a reason of it, and as an encouraging motive to it; for, according to Kimchi, the true sense and meaning is,

"for the Lord thy God will be with thee, as he was with Moses;''

so Noldius renders it,

"seeing the Lord thy God is with thee.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 1:17. Only the Lord thy God be with thee — Provided God be with thee, as he was with Moses, we will implicitly obey thee. The words however may mean no more than an earnest prayer for Joshua's prosperity: May God be with thee, as he was with Moses!


 
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