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Joshua 1:8

in Joshua 1

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

KJV

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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This verse in Joshua 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth - The law which had already been written by Moses, and from which he and the people were to take all those precepts by which their lives were to be governed. Though there was a copy of the law laid up in the sanctuary, yet this was not sufficient. Joshua must have a copy for himself, and he was to consult it incessantly, that his way might be made prosperous, and that he might have good success.

This site's exposition

Only be thou strong and

on Joshua 1:7-8

Joshua is given one command about a book, and it sits between two orders to be brave. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left comes from Deuteronomy 5:32, and Joshua says the same words back to Israel in his own last charge at 23:6, so the phrase brackets the book at both ends. Meditate therein day and night occurs once in Scripture, and its nearest neighbour is Psalm 1:2, where the man who does it is a tree planted by water. Good success also occurs once in the King James Bible, here, and Barnes points out that the word behind prosper in verse 7 and the word behind success in verse 8 are two different words in the Hebrew.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָמ֡וּשׁit will depart

    yamushH4185 →

  • סֵפֶר֩[the] book of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • הַתּוֹרָ֨הthe law

    hatorahH8451 →219 times

  • הַזֶּ֜ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • מִפִּ֗יךָfrom mouth your

    mipikhaH6310 →498 times

  • וְהָגִ֤יתָand you will meditate

    vehagitaH1897 →

  • בּוֹ֙on <the> it

    bo

  • יוֹמָ֣םby day

    yomamH3119 →

  • וָלַ֔יְלָהand night

    valaylahH3915 →233 times

  • לְמַ֙עַן֙so that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • תִּשְׁמֹ֣רyou may take care

    tishmorH8104 →468 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • כְּכָל־according to every

    kekhol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַכָּת֖וּב<the> [thing] written

    hakatuvH3789 →224 times

  • בּ֑וֹin <the> it

    bo

  • כִּי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אָ֛זthen

    ʾazH227 →141 times

  • תַּצְלִ֥יחַyou will make successful

    tatzliachH6743 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דְּרָכֶ֖ךָways your

    derakhekhaH1870 →707 times

  • וְאָ֥זand then

    veazH227 →141 times

  • תַּשְׂכִּֽיל׃you will be successful

    taskilH7919 →

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

Related verses

18 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.

Psalms 119:15I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.232 worksPsalms 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.177 worksColossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.169 worksProverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;154 worksDeuteronomy 29:9So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.151 worksJohn 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”141 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”129 worksDeuteronomy 6:6–9These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.123 worksMatthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.118 worksPsalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.107 worksPsalms 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.98 worksJames 1:22–25Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.98 worksPsalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.97 worksPsalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.90 worksDeuteronomy 11:18–19Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.78 worksJohn 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.76 worksMatthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.72 worksProverbs 2:1–5My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,71 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

    Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 119:11

      I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

    • Ephesians 5:19

      Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

    • John 15:7

      If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

    • Romans 10:17

      Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    • Jeremiah 15:16

      Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

  • Through

    Psalms 19:14

    May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 104:34

      May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

    • Psalms 51:15

      O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

    • Psalms 119:108

      Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament.

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