Joshua 1:5
in Joshua 1No 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
KJV
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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This verse in Joshua 1
Commentary
2 notes on this verseWe need the presence of God, not only when we are beginning our work to set us in, but in the progress of it to further us with a continual help. If that at any time fail us, we are gone; this we may be sure, that the Lord is with us while we are with him. This promise here made to Joshua is applied to all believers, and improved as an argument against covetousness, Heb. xiii.
This site's exposition
There shall not any man
on Joshua 1:5-6
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee is Deuteronomy 31:6 and 31:8 handed back to Joshua in the words Moses had used first to the people and then to him. Hebrews 13:5 carries the same promise to any believer and sets it against covetousness, which is where Henry takes it. The charge be strong and of a good courage occurs six times in the King James Bible and nowhere outside this handover: three from Moses at Deuteronomy 31:6, 31:7 and 31:23, and three in this chapter at verses 6, 9 and 18.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב | yityatzev | he will stand | H3320 → | |
| אִישׁ֙ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְפָנֶ֔יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| חַיֶּ֑יךָ | chaiyeikha | life your | H2416 → | 498 times |
| כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֨ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיִ֤יתִי | hayiti | I was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶהְיֶ֣ה | ʾehyeh | I will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִמָּ֔ךְ | ʾimakh | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אַרְפְּךָ֖ | ʾarpekha | I will abandon you | H7503 → | 46 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃ | ʾeezveka | I will leave you | H5800 → | 215 times |
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִתְיַצֵּ֥בhe will stand
yityatzevH3320 →
אִישׁ֙anyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
חַיֶּ֑יךָlife your
chaiyeikhaH2416 →498 times
כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֨רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
הָיִ֤יתִיI was
hayitiH1961 →3559 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶהְיֶ֣הI will be
ʾehyehH1961 →3559 times
עִמָּ֔ךְwith you
ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אַרְפְּךָ֖I will abandon you
ʾarpekhaH7503 →46 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃I will leave you
ʾeezvekaH5800 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Psalms 118:6
Through
Joshua 1:9Have 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.
- Genesis 28:15
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.