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Joshua 1:5-7
New English Translation
Joshua 1:5-7
New English Translation
5 No one will be able to resist you[a] all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone. 6 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.[b] 7 Make sure you are[c] very strong and brave! Carefully obey[d] all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep.[e] Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful[f] in all you do.[g]
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- Joshua 1:5 tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.
- Joshua 1:6 tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.
- Joshua 1:7 tn Or “Only be.”
- Joshua 1:7 tn Heb “so you can be careful to do.” The use of the infinitive לִשְׁמֹר (lishmor, “to keep”) after the imperatives suggests that strength and bravery will be necessary for obedience. Another option is to take the form לִשְׁמֹר as a vocative lamed (ל) with imperative (see Isa 38:20 for an example of this construction), which could be translated, “Indeed, be careful!”
- Joshua 1:7 tn Heb “commanded you.”
- Joshua 1:7 tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.
- Joshua 1:7 tn Heb “in all which you go.”
Joshua 1:5-7
New International Version
Joshua 1:5-7
New International Version
5 No one will be able to stand against you(A) all the days of your life. As I was with(B) Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake(C) you. 6 Be strong(D) and courageous,(E) because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors(F) to give them.
7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey(G) all the law(H) my servant Moses(I) gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,(J) that you may be successful wherever you go.(K)
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