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Joshua 1:17

in Joshua 1

Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

KJV

According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

This verse in Joshua 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Only the Lord thy God be with thee - Provided God be with thee, as he was with Moses, we will implicitly obey thee. The words however may mean no more than an earnest prayer for Joshua’s prosperity: May God be with thee, as he was with Moses!

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

17 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.

  • כְּכֹ֤לaccording to all

    kekholH36055413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • שָׁמַ֙עְנוּ֙we listened

    shama'nuH80851159 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872765 times

  • כֵּ֖ןso

    kenH3651771 times

  • נִשְׁמַ֣עwe will listen

    nishma'H80851159 times

  • אֵלֶ֑יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH4135510 times

  • רַ֠קonly

    rakH7535109 times

  • יִֽהְיֶ֞הmay he be

    yihyehH19613559 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙God your

    ʾeloheikhaH4302601 times

  • עִמָּ֔ךְwith you

    ʾimakhH59731050 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as

    kaasherH8345497 times

  • הָיָ֖הhe was

    hayahH19613559 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H59731050 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses

    moshehH4872765 times

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

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

    Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 28:15

      Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…

    • Jeremiah 1:7–8

      But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

    • Psalms 27:1–2

      The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

    • Joshua 1:6–7

      Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

    • Deuteronomy 20:1

      When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out…

  • Through

    Joshua 1:5

    No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    it leads to

    • Romans 8:31

      What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 31:6–8

      Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.