Joshua 24:10

Joshua 24:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
• New Living Translation (NLT)but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.

Context of Joshua 24:10

8“ ‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land. 9When Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor to put a curse on you. But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand. 11“ ‘Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites, but I gave them into your hands. 12I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove them out before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.

Joshua 24:10 word by word

וְלֹ֥א אָבִ֖יתִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ לְבִלְעָ֑ם וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ בָּרוֹךְ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וָאַצִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I wouldאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• not hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• unto Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
• therefore he blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• so I deliveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• you out of his handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027

Cross-references for Joshua 24:10

• Numbers 22:11‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’ ”
• Numbers 23:3Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.
• Numbers 24:5“How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel!
• Isaiah 54:17no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10See Numbers 22–25 and 31:1–54.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-132. Joshua said unto all the people--His address briefly recapitulated the principal proofs of the divine goodness to Israel from the call of Abraham to their happy establishment in the land of promise; it showed them that they were indebted for their national existence as well as their peculiar privileges, not to any merits of their own, but to the free grace of God. Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood--The Euphrates, namely, at Ur. Terah…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:10

• Prayer
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Balaam
• Joshua
• Serve
• Shechem
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Joshua, Book of
• Plagues of Egypt

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings