Not one good thing that Adonai had spoken of to the household of Isra'el failed to happen; it all took place.
Parallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.
Hebrew Names Version
So the LORD gave to Yisra'el all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein.
King James Version
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
English Standard Version
Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.
New Century Version
So the Lord gave the people all the land he had promised their ancestors. The people took the land and lived there.
New English Translation
So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.
Amplified Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers (ancestors), and they took possession of it and lived in it.
New American Standard Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and lived in it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the Lord gaue vnto Israel all ye land, which hee had sworne to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord gave the Israelites the land he had promised their ancestors, and they captured it and settled in it.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Lord kept the promise that he had made to the Israelites and gave the people all the land that he had promised. The people took the land and lived there.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he had sworn to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Good News Translation
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he had solemnly promised their ancestors he would give them. When they had taken possession of it, they settled down there.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which He swore to give to their fathers. And they possessed it, and lived in it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe, which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue: & they toke possession of it, and dwelt therin.
American Standard Version
So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Bible in Basic English
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde gaue vnto Israel all the lande which he sware to geue vnto their fathers: And they conquered it, & dwelt therin.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord gaue vnto Israel all the land which hee sware to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.
English Revised Version
So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Berean Standard Bible
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord yaf to Israel al the lond which he swoor hym silf to yyue to the fadris `of hem, and thei hadden it in possessioun, and dwelliden therynne.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;
Update Bible Version
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
World English Bible
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein.
New King James Version
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.
New Living Translation
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
New Life Bible
The Lord gave Israel all the land He had promised to give to their fathers. They took it for their own, and lived in it.
New Revised Standard
Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to their ancestors that he would give them; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, - and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-41) And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
Revised Standard Version
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.
THE MESSAGE
And so God gave Israel the entire land that he had solemnly vowed to give to their ancestors. They took possession of it and made themselves at home in it. And God gave them rest on all sides, as he had also solemnly vowed to their ancestors. Not a single one of their enemies was able to stand up to them— God handed over all their enemies to them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.
Contextual Overview
43 Not one good thing that Adonai had spoken of to the household of Isra'el failed to happen; it all took place. 44 Then the leaders of the ancestral clans of the L'vi'im approached El‘azar the cohen, Y'hoshua the son of Nun and the leaders of the ancestral clans of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. It was at Shiloh in the land of Kena‘an that they spoke to them; they said, " Adonai ordered through Moshe that we be given cities to live in, with the surrounding open land for our livestock." So out of their inheritance the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im the following cities with the surrounding open land: The lot came out for the families of the K'hati. The descendants of Aharon the cohen, who were of the L'vi'im, received by lot thirteen cities from the tribes of Y'hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin. The rest of the descendants of K'hat received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Efrayim and Dan and the half-tribe of M'nasheh. The descendants of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and the half-tribe of M'nasheh in Bashan. The descendants of M'rari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun. The people of Isra'el gave by lot to the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land, as Adonai had ordered through Moshe. They gave from the tribe of the descendants of Y'hudah and from the tribe of the descendants of Shim‘on these cities here mentioned by name; they were for the descendants of Aharon, of the families of the K'hati, who were among the descendants of Levi; because theirs was the first lot. They gave them: Kiryat-Arba — this Arba was the father of ‘Anak — (that is, Hevron), in the hills of Y'hudah, with the surrounding open land; but the fields and villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh as his possession. Thus to the descendants of Aharon the cohen they gave: Hevron with its surrounding open land, already a city of refuge for the killer; Livnah with its surrounding open land; Yatir with its surrounding open land; Esht'moa with its surrounding open land; Holon with its surrounding open land; D'vir with its surrounding open land; ‘Ayin with its surrounding open land, Yutah with its surrounding open land and Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land — nine cities out of these two tribes. Out of the tribe of Binyamin: Giv‘on with its surrounding open land, Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land and ‘Almon with its surrounding open land — four cities. All the cities of the descendants of Aharon, the cohanim, numbered thirteen cities with their surrounding open land. The families of the descendants of K'hat, who were L'vi'im, that is, the rest of the descendants of K'hat, received the cities of their lot. Out of the tribe of Efrayim they gave them: Sh'khem with its surrounding open land, in the hills of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the killer; Gezer with its surrounding open land; Kivtzayim with its surrounding open land and Beit-Horon with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Dan: Elt'ke with its surrounding open land, Gib'ton with its surrounding open land, Ayalon with its surrounding open land and Gat-Rimmon with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Ta‘nakh with its surrounding open land and Gat-Rimmon with its surrounding open land — two cities. All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of K'hat numbered ten with their surrounding open land. To the descendants of Gershon, of the families of the L'vi'im, out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh they gave: Golan in Bashan with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; and B'esht'rah with its surrounding open land — two cities. Out of the tribe of Yissakhar: Kishyon with its surrounding open land, Dovrat with its surrounding open land, Yarmut with its surrounding open land and ‘Ein-Ganim with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with its surrounding open land, Helkat with its surrounding open land and Rechov with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; Hammot-Dor with its surrounding open land; and Kartan with its surrounding open land — three cities. All the cities of the Gershuni according to their families were thirteen cities with their surrounding open land. To the families of the descendants of M'rari, the rest of the L'vi'im, out of the tribe of Z'vulun: Yokne‘am with its surrounding open land, Kartah with its surrounding open land, Dimnah with its surrounding open land and Nahalal with its surrounding open land — four cities. {Out of the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer with its surrounding open land, Yachtzah with its surrounding open land, K'demot with its surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with its surrounding open land — four cities.}* Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; Machanayim with its surrounding open land; Heshbon with its surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with its surrounding open land — four cities in all. All these were the cities of the descendants of M'rari according to their families, the rest of the families of the L'vi'im; their lot totaled twelve cities. All the cities of the L'vi'im, forty-eight cities with their surrounding open land, are to be in among the lands possessed by the people of Isra'el — these cities, each with its surrounding open land; thus is it to be with all these cities. So Adonai gave Isra'el all the land which he swore to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and lived in it. Then Adonai gave them rest all around, according to everything he had sworn to their ancestors. Not a man from all their enemies stood against them; Adonai handed all their enemies over to them. Not one good thing that Adonai had spoken of to the household of Isra'el failed to happen; it all took place. 45 Then the leaders of the ancestral clans of the L'vi'im approached El‘azar the cohen, Y'hoshua the son of Nun and the leaders of the ancestral clans of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. It was at Shiloh in the land of Kena‘an that they spoke to them; they said, " Adonai ordered through Moshe that we be given cities to live in, with the surrounding open land for our livestock." So out of their inheritance the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im the following cities with the surrounding open land: The lot came out for the families of the K'hati. The descendants of Aharon the cohen, who were of the L'vi'im, received by lot thirteen cities from the tribes of Y'hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin. The rest of the descendants of K'hat received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Efrayim and Dan and the half-tribe of M'nasheh. The descendants of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and the half-tribe of M'nasheh in Bashan. The descendants of M'rari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun. The people of Isra'el gave by lot to the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land, as Adonai had ordered through Moshe. They gave from the tribe of the descendants of Y'hudah and from the tribe of the descendants of Shim‘on these cities here mentioned by name; they were for the descendants of Aharon, of the families of the K'hati, who were among the descendants of Levi; because theirs was the first lot. They gave them: Kiryat-Arba — this Arba was the father of ‘Anak — (that is, Hevron), in the hills of Y'hudah, with the surrounding open land; but the fields and villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh as his possession. Thus to the descendants of Aharon the cohen they gave: Hevron with its surrounding open land, already a city of refuge for the killer; Livnah with its surrounding open land; Yatir with its surrounding open land; Esht'moa with its surrounding open land; Holon with its surrounding open land; D'vir with its surrounding open land; ‘Ayin with its surrounding open land, Yutah with its surrounding open land and Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land — nine cities out of these two tribes. Out of the tribe of Binyamin: Giv‘on with its surrounding open land, Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land and ‘Almon with its surrounding open land — four cities. All the cities of the descendants of Aharon, the cohanim, numbered thirteen cities with their surrounding open land. The families of the descendants of K'hat, who were L'vi'im, that is, the rest of the descendants of K'hat, received the cities of their lot. Out of the tribe of Efrayim they gave them: Sh'khem with its surrounding open land, in the hills of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the killer; Gezer with its surrounding open land; Kivtzayim with its surrounding open land and Beit-Horon with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Dan: Elt'ke with its surrounding open land, Gib'ton with its surrounding open land, Ayalon with its surrounding open land and Gat-Rimmon with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Ta‘nakh with its surrounding open land and Gat-Rimmon with its surrounding open land — two cities. All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of K'hat numbered ten with their surrounding open land. To the descendants of Gershon, of the families of the L'vi'im, out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh they gave: Golan in Bashan with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; and B'esht'rah with its surrounding open land — two cities. Out of the tribe of Yissakhar: Kishyon with its surrounding open land, Dovrat with its surrounding open land, Yarmut with its surrounding open land and ‘Ein-Ganim with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with its surrounding open land, Helkat with its surrounding open land and Rechov with its surrounding open land — four cities. Out of the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; Hammot-Dor with its surrounding open land; and Kartan with its surrounding open land — three cities. All the cities of the Gershuni according to their families were thirteen cities with their surrounding open land. To the families of the descendants of M'rari, the rest of the L'vi'im, out of the tribe of Z'vulun: Yokne‘am with its surrounding open land, Kartah with its surrounding open land, Dimnah with its surrounding open land and Nahalal with its surrounding open land — four cities. {Out of the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer with its surrounding open land, Yachtzah with its surrounding open land, K'demot with its surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with its surrounding open land — four cities.}* Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with its surrounding open land, the city of refuge for the killer; Machanayim with its surrounding open land; Heshbon with its surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with its surrounding open land — four cities in all. All these were the cities of the descendants of M'rari according to their families, the rest of the families of the L'vi'im; their lot totaled twelve cities. All the cities of the L'vi'im, forty-eight cities with their surrounding open land, are to be in among the lands possessed by the people of Isra'el — these cities, each with its surrounding open land; thus is it to be with all these cities. So Adonai gave Isra'el all the land which he swore to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and lived in it. Then Adonai gave them rest all around, according to everything he had sworn to their ancestors. Not a man from all their enemies stood against them; Adonai handed all their enemies over to them. Not one good thing that Adonai had spoken of to the household of Isra'el failed to happen; it all took place.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 15:13-21, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 23:27-31, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 106:42-45
Reciprocal: Joshua 22:4 - given rest Joshua 23:9 - For the Lord Joshua 23:14 - not one thing 1 Kings 8:34 - which thou gavest 1 Chronicles 17:21 - by driving 2 Chronicles 6:25 - which thou Nehemiah 9:8 - hast performed Nehemiah 9:24 - So the Psalms 44:2 - drive out Psalms 105:44 - gave Jeremiah 32:22 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers,.... It was all given them by lot, whether subdued or not subdued, and the far greater part was actually put into their hands, and they had as much as they could for the present occupy and cultivate; and such as were in the hands of the Canaanites, were subject to pay tribute to them; and it was owing to their own slothfulness and sluggishness that they did not possess more hereafter; though it was the will of God that their enemies should be driven out by little and little, until the Israelites were so increased as to occupy the whole, lest any part of the land should lie waste and become barren, and lest the wild beasts of the field should multiply upon them:
and they possessed it, and dwelt therein; each according to their lot in the several places assigned them, as many cities as they could at present people, and as much land as they could now manage.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There is no real inconsistency between the declarations of these verses and the fact that the Israelites had not as yet possessed themselves of all the cities allotted to the various tribes Judges 1:21-36 - nor did at any time, subdue the whole extent of country promised to them Numbers 34:1-12. God had fulfilled all His part of the covenant. It was no part of His purpose that the native population should be annihilated suddenly Deuteronomy 7:22; but they were delivered into the hand of Israel, and their complete dispossession could have been effected at any time by that divine aid which was never wanting when sought. At the time referred to in the text, the Canaanites were discouraged, broken in strength, holding fast in isolated spots only up and down the land in the very midst of the tribes of God’s people. The conquest of Canaan was already “ex parte Dei” a perfect work; just as in the New Testament the triumph of the individual Christian and of the Christian Church in their warfare is often spoken of as accomplished in view of the divine will that it should be so, and of divine grace that it may be so. It was therefore, only the inertness and pusillanimity of the Israelites which prevented the completion of the conquest when the allotment of Canaan was made by Joshua; as it was their subsequent backslidings which caused God to turn the tide of victory against them and even to cast them out of the land promised to their forefathers and actually won in the campaigns of Joshua. See the introduction to the Book of Joshua.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 21:43. And the Lord gave - all the land which he sware — All was now divided by lot unto them, and their enemies were so completely discomfited that there was not a single army of the Canaanites remaining to make head against them; and those which were left in the land served under tribute, and the tribute that they paid was the amplest proof of their complete subjugation. Add to this, they had as much of the land in actual possession as they could occupy; and, as they increased, God enabled them to drive out the rest of the ancient inhabitants; but in consequence of the infidelity of the Israelites, God permitted their enemies often to straiten them, and sometimes to prevail against them. It should also be remembered, that God never promised to give them the land, or to maintain them in it, but on condition of obedience; and so punctually did he fulfil this intention, that there is not a single instance on record in which they were either straitened or subjugated, while obedient and faithful to their God.
The cavil is as foolish as it is unprincipled which states, "The Israelites never did possess the whole of the land which was promised to them, and therefore that promise could not come by Divine revelation." With as much reason might it be urged that Great Britain has not subdued the French West India Islands and Batavia, (Feb. 1812), because the ancient inhabitants still remain in them; but is not their serving under tribute an absolute proof that they are conquered, and under the British dominion? So was the whole land of Canaan conquered, and its inhabitants subdued, though the whole of the ground was not occupied by the Israelites till the days of David and Solomon. In the most correct and literal sense it might be said, There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass. Nor shall one word of his ever fail to any of his followers while the sun and moon endure.
