Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua 23:10 in other translations
| BSB | One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised. |
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| WEB | One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you. |
| ASV | One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you. |
| YLT | one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God is He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you; |
| DARBY | One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you. |
| BBE | One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you. |
| Webster | One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. |
What does Joshua 23:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 23:5-11
Jos 23:5-11. By Promises. 5-11. the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, as the Lord your God hath promised you, &c.--The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of the complete fulfilment of His promise in giving them the parts of the country still unconquered. But the accomplishment of the divine promise depended on their inviolable fidelity to God's law--on their keeping resolutely…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 23:1-10
Joshua was old and dying, let them observe what he said now. He put them in mind of the great things God had done for them in his days. He exhorted them to be very courageous. Keep with care, do with diligence, and regard with sincerity what is written. Also, very cautiously to endeavour that the heathen idolatry may be forgotten, so that it may never be revived. It is sad that among Christians the names of the…
Joshua 23:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 23:10
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
- Leviticus 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.
- Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Psalms 35:1
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 46:7
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Joshua 23:3
And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
- Psalms 44:4-5
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
- 1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
- Joshua 10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
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- Joshua 23:9
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
- Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
- Joshua 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
Joshua 23:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Un varón de vosotros perseguirá á mil: porque Jehová vuestro Dios pelea por vosotros, como él os dijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Un seul homme d’entre vous en poursuit 1 000; car l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, est celui qui combat pour vous, comme il vous l’a dit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Mann von euch jagt tausend; denn Jehova, euer Gott, er ist es, der für euch streitet, so wie er zu euch geredet hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros: quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit, sicut pollicitus est. |