Joshua 23:10

Joshua 23:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.

Context of Joshua 23:10

8but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9For 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. One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you. 11Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:

Joshua 23:10 word by word

אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד מִכֶּ֖ם יִרְדָּף־אָ֑לֶף כִּ֣י׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם ה֚וּא הַנִּלְחָ֣ם לָכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Joshua 23:10

• Leviticus 26:8and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall beside you by the sword.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
• Judges 3:31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
• Judges 7:19And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
• Judges 15:15And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.
• 1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
• 2 Samuel 23:8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he [fought] against eight hundred, slain [by him] at one time.
• Joshua 10:42and all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Exodus 14:14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.
• Exodus 23:27I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.
• Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he will fight for you.
• Deuteronomy 20:4for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• Psalms 35:1Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:
• Psalms 44:4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
• Psalms 46:7Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.
• Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us?

Commentaries on Joshua 23:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10One man of you shall chase a thousand - Do not remain inactive on the supposition that you must be much more numerous before you can drive out your enemies, for it is the Lord that shall drive out nations great and strong; and under his direction and influence one of you shall chase a thousand.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10God fights for you: God fought for the Israelites earlier (for example, 10:11–14). He would keep fighting for them in the future.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-115-11. 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 aloof from all familiar intercourse and intimate connections with the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Joshua 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings