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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Joshua 1:16

And they answered Ioshua, saying, All that thou commandest vs, we will doe, and whither soeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Citizens;   Joshua;   Loyalty;   Reubenites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
Hebrew Names Version
They answered Yehoshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
King James Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
Lexham English Bible
And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you will send us we will go.
English Standard Version
And they answered Joshua, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
New Century Version
Then the people answered Joshua, "Anything you command us to do, we will do. Any place you send us, we will go.
New English Translation
They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
Amplified Bible
They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
New American Standard Bible
They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they answered Ioshua, saying, Al that thou hast commaunded vs, we will doe, and whithersoeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Contemporary English Version
The men answered: We'll cross the Jordan River and help our relatives. We'll fight anywhere you send us.
Complete Jewish Bible
They answered Y'hoshua, "We will do everything you have ordered us to do, and we will go wherever you send us.
Darby Translation
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us will we do, and whither thou shalt send us will we go.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people answered Joshua, "We will do whatever you command us to do. We will go wherever you tell us to go.
George Lamsa Translation
And the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites answered and said to Joshua, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.
Good News Translation
They answered Joshua, "We will do everything you have told us and will go anywhere you send us.
Literal Translation
And they answered Joshua, saying, We will do all that you command us; and we will go everywhere you shall send us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they answered Iosua and sayde: All that thou hast commaunded vs, wyll we do: and whither so euer thou sendest vs, we wyl go thither.
American Standard Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
Bible in Basic English
Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they aunswered Iosuah, sayinge: Al that thou hast commaunded vs we will do, and whyther soeuer thou sendest vs, we will go.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they answered Joshua, saying: 'All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which thou commandest us, and we will go to every place whither thou shalt send us.
English Revised Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
Berean Standard Bible
So they answered Joshua, "Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei answeriden to Josue, and seiden, We schulen do alle thingis whiche thou comaundidist to vs, and we schulen go, whidir euer thou sendist vs;
Young's Literal Translation
And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every [place] whither thou dost send us, we go;
Update Bible Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
World English Bible
They answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
New King James Version
So they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
New Living Translation
They answered Joshua, "We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us.
New Life Bible
They answered Joshua, saying, "We will do all that you have told us. And we will go anywhere you send us.
New Revised Standard
They answered Joshua: "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded they to Joshua, saying, - All that thou hast commanded us, will we do, and, whithersoever thou shalt send us, will we go:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast commanded us, we will do: and whither soever thou shalt send us, we will go.
Revised Standard Version
And they answered Joshua, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
THE MESSAGE
They answered Joshua: "Everything you commanded us, we'll do. Wherever you send us, we'll go. We obeyed Moses to the letter; we'll also obey you—we just pray that God , your God, will be with you as he was with Moses. Anyone who questions what you say and refuses to obey whatever you command him will be put to death. Strength! Courage!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Contextual Overview

16 And they answered Ioshua, saying, All that thou commandest vs, we will doe, and whither soeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe. 17 According as we hearkened vnto Moses in all things, so will we hearken vnto thee: onely the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoeuer he be that doth rebell against thy commandement, and will not hearken vnto thy words, in all that thou commandest him, he shall bee put to death: onely be strong, and of a good courage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 32:25, Deuteronomy 5:27, Romans 13:1-5, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 2:13-15

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:8 - Oshea Numbers 27:20 - may be Deuteronomy 34:9 - the children Joshua 4:8 - did so as Joshua Joshua 4:14 - magnified Joshua 8:8 - I have Ezra 10:4 - we also will Jeremiah 2:20 - and thou saidst

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sun, and the moone, and the starres, euen all the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath diuided vnto all nations vnder the whole heauen.
Job 31:26
If I beheld the Sunne when it shined, or the Moone walking in brightnesse:
Job 38:7
When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy.
Psalms 8:3
When I consider thy heauens, the worke of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordained;
Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heauen, and his circuite vnto the ends of it: and there is nothing hidde from the heat thereof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they answered Joshua,.... The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, the heads of them, such as were deputed for that purpose, and were their mouths to him:

saying, all that thou commandest we will do; with respect to this affair of going over Jordan with their brethren, to assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan:

and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go; in what position he would have them be in the army, and to whatsoever part of the country he should send them to subdue, and to whatsoever city he should order them to besiege.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 1:16. All that thou commandest us we will do — Here they acknowledge the Divine mission of Joshua, as they had done that of Moses, and consequently promise to follow his directions in all things.


 
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