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Joshua 1:16

in Joshua 1

So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

KJV

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

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This verse in Joshua 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And they answered - Not the two tribes and an half only, but the officers of all the people, in their name, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them. Thus must we swear allegiance to our Lord Jesus, as the captain of our salvation.

This site's exposition

And they answered Joshua, saying

on Joshua 1:16-18

The answer carries a condition inside it. Only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses rests their obedience on the promise God had already made at verse 5, and the death penalty they name for rebellion is their own proposal rather than an order given to them. The chapter closes with the people saying to Joshua what God had said to him twice, be strong and of a good courage, so the last of the six occurrences in Scripture comes up from the men he is sent to lead.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיַּעֲנ֔וּand they answered

    vaiyaanuH6030 →331 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כֹּ֤לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוִּיתָ֙נוּ֙you have commanded us

    tzivitanuH6680 →494 times

  • נַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הwe will do

    naasehH6213 →2628 times

  • וְאֶֽל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhere

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תִּשְׁלָחֵ֖נוּyou will send us

    tishlachenuH7971 →845 times

  • נֵלֵֽךְ׃we will go

    nelekhH1980 →1546 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Titus 3:1Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,4 worksRomans 13:1–5Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.3 worksDeuteronomy 5:27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”3 works1 Peter 2:13–15Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,3 worksJoshua 8:8And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”3 worksJeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;2 worksNumbers 32:25The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Titus 3:1

    Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

    it leads to

    • Romans 13:1–7

      Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

    • 1 Peter 2:13–17

      Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

    • Ecclesiastes 10:4

      If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

    • Galatians 6:9–10

      Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

    • Proverbs 24:21

      My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 5:27

    Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

    it leads to

    • Exodus 20:19

      “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

    • Hebrews 12:19

      to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

  • Through

    Numbers 32:25

    The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 1:13–14

      “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 1 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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