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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 23:9

When you attacked powerful nations, the Lord made them run away, and no one has ever been able to stand up to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Company;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ancient Heroes;   Battle of Life;   Heroes, Ancient;   Invincibility;   Saints;   The Topic Concordance - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Joshua, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day.
Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
King James Version
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, nobody has withstood you to this day.
English Standard Version
For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.
New Century Version
"The Lord has forced many great and powerful nations to leave ahead of you. No nation has been able to defeat you.
New English Translation
"The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.
Amplified Bible
"For the LORD has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has been able to stand [in opposition] before you to this day.
New American Standard Bible
"For the LORD has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no one has stood against you to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye Lorde hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.
Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh has dispossessed great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is why Adonai has driven out great, strong nations ahead of you; and it explains why no one has prevailed against you to this day,
Darby Translation
For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The Lord helped you defeat many great and powerful nations. He forced them to leave. No nation has been able to defeat you.
George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD has destroyed from before you great and strong nations; and no man has been able to stand against you to this day.
Good News Translation
The Lord has driven great and powerful nations out as you advanced, and no one has ever been able to stand against you.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah has dispossessed from before you great and mighty nations. As for you no one has stood before you until today.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and mightie nacions before you, like as there hath no man bene able to stonde before you vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So shall the Lord cast out before you great nations and mightie, as no man hath ben able to stande before you hytherto.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
wherefore the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and mighty; but as for you, no man hath stood against you unto this day.
King James Version (1611)
For the Lord hath driuen out from before you, great nations, and strong: But as for you, no man hath beene able to stand before you vnto this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
English Revised Version
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thanne the Lord God schal do awei in youre siyt grete folkis, and strongeste; and noon schal mow ayenstonde you.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
Update Bible Version
For Yahweh has driven out from before you great and strong nations: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you to this day.
World English Bible
For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
New King James Version
For the LORD has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.
New Living Translation
"For the Lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you.
New Life Bible
For the Lord has driven away large and strong nations from in front of you. No man has been able to stand in front of you to this day.
New Revised Standard
For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no one has been able to withstand you to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
therefore hath Yahweh dispossessed, from before you, nations great and strong, - but, as for you, not a man hath stood before you, until this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.
Revised Standard Version
For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day.
THE MESSAGE
" God has driven out superpower nations before you. And up to now, no one has been able to stand up to you. Think of it—one of you, single-handedly, putting a thousand on the run! Because God is God , your God. Because he fights for you, just as he promised you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the LORD has driven out great and strong nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord let Israel live in peace with its neighbors for a long time, and Joshua lived to a ripe old age. 2 One day he called a meeting of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, including the old men, the judges, and the officials. Then he told them: I am now very old. 3 You have seen how the Lord your God fought for you and helped you defeat the nations who lived in this land. 4There are still some nations left, but the Lord has promised you their land. So when you attack them, he will make them run away. I have already divided their land among your tribes, as I did with the land of the nations I defeated between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. 6 Be sure that you carefully obey everything written in The Book of the Law of Moses and do exactly what it says. 7 Don't have anything to do with the nations that live around you. Don't worship their gods or pray to their idols or make promises in the names of their gods. 8 Be as faithful to the Lord as you have always been. 9 When you attacked powerful nations, the Lord made them run away, and no one has ever been able to stand up to you. 10 Any one of you can defeat a thousand enemy soldiers, because the Lord God fights for you, just as he promised.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For the Lord: or, Then the Lord will drive, Joshua 23:5, Joshua 21:43, Joshua 21:44, Deuteronomy 11:23

no man: Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:8, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 15:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:24 - there shall Psalms 44:7 - But

Cross-References

Romans 12:17
Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others,
Romans 13:8
Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath driven out before you great nations and strong,.... Especially as they were reckoned in those times, before any great monarchies had existed, as did afterwards; and indeed these were, considering the land they inhabited, very numerous and populous, and were very stout and able bodied men, and some of a gigantic stature; and all dwelt in strong fortified cities, and were able to bring out large armies into the field, with chariots of iron, so that they were very formidable; but notwithstanding all this, the Lord drove them out of their strong holds, and put Israel into the possession of them, and of their land:

but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day; that is, of those that came out against them, and fought with them; these were all to a man cut off by them, or fled before them, and became tributaries to them; otherwise there were many, who as yet were not expelled by them; this the Lord had promised, and now had fulfilled, Deuteronomy 11:25.


 
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