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Brenton's Septuagint

Joshua 1:9

Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Communion;   Courage;   Faith;   God;   Joshua;   Minister, Christian;   War;   The Topic Concordance - Courage;   Fear;   Strength;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Encouragement;   Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Leadership;   Presence of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Courage;   Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genesis, the Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Hebrew Names Version
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
King James Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Lexham English Bible
Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go."
English Standard Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
New Century Version
Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go."
New English Translation
I repeat, be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do."
Amplified Bible
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New American Standard Bible
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Haue not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong and of a good courage, feare not, nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God will be with thee, whithersoeuer thou goest.
Legacy Standard Bible
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be in dread or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go."
Contemporary English Version
I've commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go.
Complete Jewish Bible
Haven't I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold'? So don't be afraid or downhearted, because Adonai your God is with you wherever you go."
Darby Translation
Have I not commanded thee: Be strong and courageous? Be not afraid, neither be dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Easy-to-Read Version
Remember, I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I have commanded you. Be strong and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed; for the your God is with you wherever you go.
Good News Translation
Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go."
Literal Translation
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for Jehovah your God is with you in all places where you go.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Lo, I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde. Feare not, and be not afrayed: for the LORDE thy God is with ye, whither so euer thou goest.
American Standard Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Bible in Basic English
Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Haue not I comaunded thee, that thou shouldest be strong & hardie, and not feare nor be faint hearted? For I the Lorde thy God am with thee, whyther soeuer thou goest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
King James Version (1611)
Haue not I commanded thee? be strong, and of a good courage, bee not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee, whither soeuer thou goest.
English Revised Version
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Berean Standard Bible
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y comaunde to thee; be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; nyle thou drede `withoutforth, and nyle thou drede withynne; for thi Lord God is with thee in alle thingis, to whiche thou goost.
Young's Literal Translation
`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee [is] Jehovah thy God in every [place] whither thou goest.'
Update Bible Version
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be frightened, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
Webster's Bible Translation
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.
World English Bible
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
New King James Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New Living Translation
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
New Life Bible
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."
New Revised Standard
I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
Revised Standard Version
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now then arise, go over Jordan, thou and all this people, into the land, which I give them. 3 Every spot on which ye shall tread I will give it to you, as I said to Moses. 4 The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your costs shall be from the setting of the sun. 5 Not a man shall stand against you all the days of thy life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee, and I will not fail thee, or neglect thee. 6 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. 7 Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do. 8 And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise. 9 Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Have: Deuteronomy 31:7, Deuteronomy 31:8, Deuteronomy 31:28, Judges 6:14, 2 Samuel 13:28, Acts 4:19

Be strong: Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:7

be not: Genesis 28:15, Deuteronomy 20:1, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Jeremiah 1:7, Jeremiah 1:8

for the Lord: Psalms 46:7, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:21 - God Exodus 13:9 - strong hand Exodus 18:19 - God shall Numbers 13:20 - good courage Deuteronomy 1:21 - fear not Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Joshua 1:5 - as I was Joshua 1:18 - only be Joshua 6:27 - the Lord Joshua 8:1 - Fear not Joshua 8:8 - I have Joshua 10:25 - Fear not Joshua 23:9 - no man Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 4:6 - Hath Judges 6:12 - The Lord 1 Samuel 17:11 - dismayed 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be of good 1 Kings 8:57 - General 1 Chronicles 22:16 - Arise 2 Chronicles 15:7 - ye strong 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 19:11 - Deal courageously Ezra 1:3 - his God Nehemiah 4:14 - General Job 29:5 - the Almighty Psalms 60:12 - we shall Isaiah 28:6 - and for strength Isaiah 41:10 - Fear Isaiah 43:2 - I will be Jeremiah 1:19 - for I am Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Jeremiah 46:28 - for I am Daniel 10:19 - be strong Amos 5:14 - and so Haggai 2:4 - now Acts 18:10 - I am Acts 28:15 - he thanked 1 Corinthians 16:13 - be 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace Ephesians 6:10 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Have not I commanded thee?.... The above things, to go over Jordan with the people into the land of Canaan, and to observe the law of Moses in all things, and to be of good courage, which is again repeated; consider who it is that has given these orders and instructions, the great Jehovah, the everlasting I AM, who is faithful to his promises, and able to perform. The consideration of which would serve to animate him to the work he was called unto, to encourage his faith in God, to engage in his service cheerfully and readily:

be strong, and of a good courage; :-;

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be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed; at his enemies, numerous and powerful, nor discouraged at anything in himself, any unfitness for such service, as he might think, or at any difficulties he might fear from the people he had the government of, and was to lead on; it was enough that the divine Presence was promised him, and which is repeated:

for the Lord thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest: or, as the Targum of Jonathan,

"for thy help is the Word of the Lord thy God;''

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