Joshua 23:8
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua 23:8 in other translations
| BSB | Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. |
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| WEB | but hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. |
| ASV | but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. |
| YLT | but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day. |
| DARBY | but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. |
| BBE | But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day. |
| Webster | But cleave to the LORD your God, as ye have done to this day. |
What does Joshua 23:8 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…
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 23:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 23:8
- Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 13:4
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
- Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
- Acts 11:23
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 4:4
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
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Context
- Joshua 23:7
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
- Joshua 23:8
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
- 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 23:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas á Jehová vuestro Dios os allegaréis, como habéis hecho hasta hoy; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais vous vous attacherez à l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, comme vous l’avez fait jusqu’à ce jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | sondern Jehova, eurem Gott, sollt ihr anhangen, so wie ihr getan habt bis auf diesen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed adhæreatis Domino Deo vestro: quod fecistis usque in diem hanc. |