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Joshua 21:44

in Joshua 21

And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

KJV

And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

This verse in Joshua 21

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is true there were Canaanites now remaining in many parts of the land, and such as afterwards made head against them, and became very formidable. As to the present remains of the Canaanites, they were no contradiction to the promise, for God had said he would not drive them out all at once, but by little and little, Exod. xxiii.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord gave them rest round about,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

All the promises made, whether to the people or to Joshua (Jos 1:5), had been, or were in the course of being fulfilled; and the recorded experience of the Israelites (Jos 21:45), is a ground of hope and confidence to the people of God in every age, that all other promises made to the Church will, in due time, be accomplished.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיָּ֨נַחand he gave rest

    vaiyanachH5117 →142 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לָהֶם֙to <the> them

    lahem

  • מִסָּבִ֔יבfrom round about

    misavivH5439 →336 times

  • כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נִשְׁבַּ֖עhe had sworn

    nishba'H7650 →186 times

  • לַאֲבוֹתָ֑םto ancestors their

    laavotamH1 →1212 times

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • עָ֨מַדhe stood

    ʾamadH5975 →521 times

  • אִ֤ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • בִּפְנֵיהֶם֙in faces their

    bifneihemH6440 →2123 times

  • מִכָּל־from all

    mikolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םenemies their

    ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םenemies their

    ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times

  • נָתַ֥ןhe gave

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּיָדָֽם׃in hand their

    beyadamH3027 →1618 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

    Hebrews 4:9

    There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 2:10

      Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

    • Revelation 21:4

      ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

    • Revelation 7:14–17

      “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…

    • Hebrews 3:11

      So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

    • Isaiah 11:10

      On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

  • Through

    Exodus 23:31

    And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    • Deuteronomy 11:24

      Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

  • Through

    Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:44–45

      And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…

Where this verse is studied

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About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.