Joshua 23 · Verse 9

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 23:9, King James Version

Joshua 23:9 in other translations

BSBThe LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
WEB“For the LORD has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
ASVFor Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
YLTAnd Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
DARBYFor Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
BBEFor the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
WebsterFor 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 to this day.

What does Joshua 23:9 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…

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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…

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Joshua 23:9 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.

וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁvai.Yo.reshand he has dispossessedH3423
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.Khemfrom before youH6440
גּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimnationsH1471
גְּדֹלִ֣יםge.do.LimgreatH1419
וַעֲצוּמִ֑יםva.'a.tzu.Mimand mightyH6099
וְאַתֶּ֗םve.'a.Temand youH859
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
עָ֤מַד'A.madhe has stoodH5975
אִישׁ֙'ishanyoneH376
בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔םbif.nei.Khemin faces yourH6440
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for Joshua 23:9

  • Joshua 1:5

    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  • Deuteronomy 11:23

    Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

  • Joshua 23:5

    And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.

  • Exodus 23:30

    By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

  • Joshua 1:8-9

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • Joshua 15:14

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  • Joshua 21:43-44

    And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

  • Deuteronomy 7:24

    And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the Lord. or, Then the Lord will drive.
5; 21:43,44; De 11:23
no man.
1:5,8,9; 15:14

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Context

  • 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 23:10

    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.

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Joshua 23:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues ha echado Jehová delante de vosotros grandes y fuertes naciones, y hasta hoy nadie ha podido parar delante de vuestro rostro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel a dépossédé devant vous des nations grandes et fortes; et quant à vous, personne n’a tenu devant vous, jusqu’à ce jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova hat große und starke Nationen vor euch ausgetrieben; und ihr-niemand hat vor euch standgehalten bis auf diesen Tag:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tunc auferet Dominus Deus in conspectu vestro gentes magnas et robustissimas, et nullus vobis resistere poterit.