Joshua 22 · Verse 33

Joshua 22:33

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Joshua 22:33, King James Version

Joshua 22:33 in other translations

BSBThe Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
WEBThe thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.
ASVAnd the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.
YLTand the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God, and have not said to go up against them to war, to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, are dwelling in.
DARBYAnd the thing was good in the sight of the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God, and no more said that they would go up in warfare against them, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.
BBEAnd the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.
WebsterAnd the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

What does Joshua 22:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:33-34

Jos 22:30-34. The Deputies Satisfied.

33-34. the thing pleased the children of Israel--The explanation not only gave perfect satisfaction to the deputies, but elicited from them expressions of unbounded joy and thankfulness. "This day we perceive that the Lord is among us" [Jos 22:31], that is, by His gracious presence and preventing goodness, which has kept you from falling into the suspected sin and rescued the nation from the calamity of a fratricidal war or providential judgments. This episode reflects honor upon all parties and shows that piety and zeal for the honor and worship of God animated the people that entered Canaan to an extent far beyond what was exemplified in many other periods of the history of Israel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 And did not intend to go up against them in battle - That is, they now relinquished the intention of going against them in battle, as this explanation proved there was no cause for the measure.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 22:30-34

It is well that there was on both sides a disposition to peace, as there was a zeal for God; for quarrels about religion, for want of wisdom and love, often prove the most fierce and difficult to be made up. Proud and peevish spirits, when they have passed any unjust blame on their brethren, though full evidence be brought of its unfairness, can by no means be persuaded to withdraw it. But Israel was not so…

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Joshua 22:33 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.

וַיִּיטַ֣בvai.yi.Tavand it was goodH3190
הַדָּבָ֗רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
בְּעֵינֵי֙be.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיְבָרֲכ֥וּvay.va.ra.Khuand they blessedH1288
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אָמְר֗וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559
לַעֲל֤וֹתla.'a.Lotto go upH5927
עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
לַצָּבָ֔אla.tza.Va'for <the> warH6635
לְשַׁחֵת֙le.sha.Chetto destroyH7843
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
רְאוּבֵ֥ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] descendants ofH1121
גָ֖דgadGadH1410
יֹשְׁבִ֥יםyo.she.Vim[were] dwellingH3427
בָּֽהּ\׃Bahin <the> it

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

Cross references for Joshua 22:33

  • Daniel 2:19

    Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

  • Luke 2:28

    Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • 1 Chronicles 29:20

    And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.

  • Joshua 22:30

    And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:6-8

    But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

  • Acts 15:12

    Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

  • Nehemiah 8:5-6

    And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

  • 1 Samuel 25:32-33

    And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

  • Ephesians 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

  • Acts 15:31

    Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:7

    And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

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the thing.
30; Ac 15:12,31; 2Co 7:7; 1Th 3:6-8
blessed.
1Sa 25:32,33; 1Ch 29:20; Ne 8:5,6; Da 2:19; Lu 2:28; Eph 1:3

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Context

  • Joshua 22:32

    And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

  • Joshua 22:33

    And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

  • Joshua 22:34

    And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.

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Joshua 22:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el negocio plugo á los hijos de Israel, y bendijeron á Dios los hijos de Israel; y no hablaron más de subir contra ellos en guerra, para destruir la tierra en que habitaban los hijos de Rubén y los hijos de Gad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la chose fut bonne aux yeux des fils d’Israël; et les fils d’Israël bénirent Dieu, et ne pensèrent plus à monter en bataille contre eux pour détruire le pays où habitaient les fils de Ruben et les fils de Gad.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Sache war gut in den Augen der Kinder Israel; und die Kinder Israel priesen Gott und sprachen nicht mehr davon, wider sie hinaufzuziehen zum Kriege, um das Land zu verderben, in welchem die Kinder Ruben und die Kinder Gad wohnten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Placuitque sermo cunctis audientibus. Et laudaverunt Deum filii Israël, et nequaquam ultra dixerunt, ut ascenderent contra eos, atque pugnarent, et delerent terram possessionis eorum.