Joshua 23:9

Joshua 23:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“For the Lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you.

Context of Joshua 23:9

7Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them. 8But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now. “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. 10One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised. 11So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

Joshua 23:9 word by word

וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ יְהוָה֙ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם גּוֹיִ֖ם גְּדֹלִ֣ים וַעֲצוּמִ֑ים וְאַתֶּ֗ם לֹא־עָ֤מַד אִישׁ֙ בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath driven outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• you greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• you, no manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• hath been able to standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• you unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Joshua 23:9

• Joshua 23:5The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
• Joshua 21:43So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
• Deuteronomy 11:23then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.
• Joshua 1:5No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
• Joshua 15:14From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak.

Commentaries on Joshua 23:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Examples of strong and powerful enemies included the Anakim, a group of very tall warriors, and the city of Hazor, which was a major military center in northern Canaan (11:10, 21–22).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