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Joshua 23:5

And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke unto you.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judges, book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Joshua, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Promise;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord your God will force them back on your account and drive them out before you so that you can take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke to you.
King James Version
And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight, and you will possess their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you.
English Standard Version
The Lord your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.
New Century Version
The Lord your God will force out the people living there. The Lord will push them out ahead of you. And you will own the land, as he has promised you.
New English Translation
The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD your God will push them away from before you and drive them out of your sight and you will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.
New American Standard Bible
"And the LORD your God, He will thrust them away from you and drive them from you; and you will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord your God shall expell them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shall possesse their land, as the Lord your God hath said vnto you.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh your God, He will thrust them out from before you and dispossess them before you; and you will possess their land, just as Yahweh your God promised you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai your God will thrust them out ahead of you and drive them out of your sight, so that you will possess their land, as Adonai your God told you.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess them from out of your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah your God hath said unto you.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord your God will force the people living there to leave. You will take that land. The Lord will force them to leave, just as he promised.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD your God will defeat them, and destroy them from before you; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised you.
Good News Translation
The Lord your God will make them retreat from you, and he will drive them away as you advance. You shall have their land, as the Lord your God has promised you.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah your God will thrust them out from before you, and will dispossess them from before you, and you shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God has spoken to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE youre God shal thrust them out before you, and dryue them awaye from you, that ye maye haue their londe in possession, as the LORDE youre God hath promysed you.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde your God shall expel them before you, & cast them from out of your sight, and ye shall conquer their lande, as the Lord your God hath sayd vnto you.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord your God, hee shall expell them from before you, and driue them from out of your sight, & ye shall possesse their land, as the Lord your God hath promised vnto you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.
English Revised Version
And the LORD your God, he shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spake unto you.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
youre Lord God `schal distrie hem, and schal take awei fro youre face; and ye schulen welde the lond, as he bihiyte to you.
Young's Literal Translation
`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised to you.
World English Bible
Yahweh your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
New King James Version
And the LORD your God will expel them from before you and drive them out of your sight. So you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
New Living Translation
This land will be yours, for the Lord your God will himself drive out all the people living there now. You will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.
New Life Bible
The Lord your God will send them out from in front of you. He will send them away from you. Then their land will be yours, just as the Lord your God promised you.
New Revised Standard
The Lord your God will push them back before you, and drive them out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Yahweh your God - he, will thrust them out from before you, and drive them away out of your sight, - so shall ye possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke unto you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord your God will destroy them, and take them away from before your face, and you shall possess the land as he hath promised you.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD your God will push them back before you, and drive them out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD your God, He will thrust them out from before you and drive them from before you; and you will possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass after many days, when the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years; 2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them: 'I am old and well stricken in years. 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God, He it is that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted unto you for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun. 5 And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke unto you. 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor worship them; 8 but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day; 9 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. 10 One man of you hath chased a thousand; for the LORD your God, He it is that fought for you, as He spoke unto you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he shall: Joshua 23:12, Joshua 23:13, Joshua 13:6, Exodus 23:30, Exodus 23:31, Exodus 33:2, Exodus 34:11, Deuteronomy 11:23

as the Lord: Numbers 33:52, Numbers 33:53

Reciprocal: Joshua 23:9 - For the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord your God he shall expel them from before you,.... That is, such of them as yet remained among them:

and drive them from out of your sight; the same thing expressed by different words, for the confirmation of it:

and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you; all which is to be understood on condition of their good behaviour towards the Lord, and obedience to his commands; by which tenure they held the possession of the land when put into it, and for their disobedience did not possess the whole.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 23:5. And drive them - out - and ye shall possess — The same Hebrew word ירש yarash is used here to signify to expel from an inheritance, and to succeed those thus expelled. Ye shall disinherit them from your sight, and ye shall inherit their land.


 
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