Joshua 14:8
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
Joshua 14:8 in other translations
| BSB | Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God. |
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| WEB | Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God. |
| ASV | Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. |
| YLT | and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after Jehovah my God; |
| DARBY | And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. |
| BBE | My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart. |
| Webster | Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. |
What does Joshua 14:8 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…
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…
Joshua 14:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 14:8
- Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Deuteronomy 1:36
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
- Numbers 13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
- Joshua 14:14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
- Revelation 14:4
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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Context
- Joshua 14:7
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
- Joshua 14:8
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
- Joshua 14:9
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.
Joshua 14:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas mis hermanos, los que habían subido conmigo, menguaron el corazón del pueblo; empero yo cumplí siguiendo á Jehová mi Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et mes frères qui étaient montés avec moi faisaient fondre le cœur du peuple; mais moi, je suivis pleinement l’ Éternel, mon Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und meine Brüder, die mit mir hinaufgezogen waren, machten das Herz des Volkes verzagt; ich aber bin Jehova, meinem Gott, völlig nachgefolgt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fratres autem mei, qui ascenderant mecum, dissolverunt cor populi: et nihilominus ego secutus sum Dominum Deum meum. |