Joshua 24:10
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Joshua 24:10 in other translations
| BSB | but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand. |
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| WEB | but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand. |
| ASV | but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. |
| YLT | and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand. |
| DARBY | but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand. |
| BBE | But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him. |
| Webster | But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. |
What does Joshua 24:10 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 24:1-14
We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound…
Joshua 24:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 24:10
- Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
- Numbers 24:5-10
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. …
- Numbers 22:35
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:11-12
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
- Numbers 23:3-12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. …
- Numbers 23:15-26
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: …
- Numbers 22:18-20
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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Context
- Joshua 24:9
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Joshua 24:10
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
- Joshua 24:11
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Joshua 24:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas yo no quise escuchar á Balaam, antes os bendijo repetidamente, y os libré de sus manos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais je ne voulus pas écouter Balaam, et il vous bénit expressément; et je vous délivrai de sa main. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber ich wollte nicht auf Bileam hören, und er segnete euch vielmehr; und ich errettete euch aus seiner Hand. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ego nolui audire eum, sed e contrario per illum benedixi vobis, et liberavi vos de manu ejus. |