Joshua 14 · Verse 11

Joshua 14:11

As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Joshua 14:11, King James Version

Joshua 14:11 in other translations

BSBstill as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
WEBAs yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.
ASVAs yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
YLTyet am I to-day strong as in the day of Moses' sending me; as my power then, so is my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.
DARBYI am still this day strong, as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.
BBEAnd still, I am as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out: as my strength was then, so is it now, for war and for all the business of life.
WebsterAs yet I am as strong this day, as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

What does Joshua 14:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 14:6-11

Jos 14:6-15. Caleb by Privilege Requests and Obtains Hebron. 6-11. Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb ... said--This incident is recorded here because it occurred while the preparations were being made for casting the lots, which, it appears, were begun in Gilgal. The claim of Caleb to the mountains of Hebron as his personal and family possessions was founded on a solemn promise of…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Even so is my strength now - I do not ask this place because I wish to sit down now, and take my ease; on the contrary, I know I must fight, to drive out the Anakim, and I am as able and willing to do it as I was forty-five years ago, when Moses sent me to spy out the land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 14:6-15

Caleb's request is, "Give me this mountain," or Hebron, because it was formerly in God's promise to him, and he would let Israel knows how much he valued the promise. Those who live by faith value that which is given by God's promise, far above what is given by his providence only. It was now in the Anakims' possession, and Caleb would let Israel know how little he feared the enemy, and that he would encourage them…

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Joshua 14:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עוֹדֶ֨נִּיo.De.nistill IH5750
הַיּ֜וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
חָזָ֗קcha.Zak[am] strongH2389
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ka.'a.Sherjust asH834
בְּי֨וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
שְׁלֹ֤חַshe.Lo.achsentH7971
אוֹתִי֙'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872
כְּכֹ֥חִיke.Kho.chias strength myH3581
אָ֖ז'azthenH227
וּכְכֹ֣חִיu.khe.Kho.chiand as strength myH3581
עָ֑תָּה'A.tahnowH6258
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.Mahfor the battleH4421
וְלָצֵ֥אתve.la.Tzetand to go outH3318
וְלָבֽוֹא\׃ve.la.Vo'and to comeH935

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 14:11

  • Deuteronomy 34:7

    And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

  • Psalms 103:5

    Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

  • Deuteronomy 31:2

    And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Psalms 90:10

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 31:2; 34:7; Ps 90:10; 103:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 14:10

    And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

  • Joshua 14:11

    As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

  • Joshua 14:12

    Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.

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Joshua 14:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pero aun hoy estoy tan fuerte como el día que Moisés me envió: cual era entonces mi fuerza, tal es ahora, para la guerra, y para salir y para entrar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je suis encore aujourd’hui fort comme le jour où Moïse m’envoya; telle que ma force était alors, telle ma force est maintenant, pour la guerre, et pour sortir et entrer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich bin heute noch so stark wie an dem Tage, da Mose mich aussandte; wie meine Kraft damals, so ist meine Kraft jetzt zum Streite und um aus- und einzuziehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sic valens ut eo valebam tempore quando ad explorandum missus sum: illius in me temporis fortitudo usque hodie perseverat, tam ad bellandum quam ad gradiendum.