Joshua 21:45

Joshua 21:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
• New International Version (NIV)Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Not a single one of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true.

Context of Joshua 21:45

43So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

Joshua 21:45 word by word

לֹֽא־נָפַ֣ל דָּבָ֔ר מִכֹּל֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַטּ֔וֹב אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַכֹּ֖ל בָּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There failedנָפַלnâphal · to fall: failH5307
• not oughtדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of any goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• unto the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• all came to passבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Joshua 21:45

• Joshua 23:14“Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.
• Numbers 23:19“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
• 1 Kings 8:56“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.
• 1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
• Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

Commentaries on Joshua 21:45

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43-45Verses 43-45 There is no real inconsistency between the declarations of these verses and the fact that the Israelites had not as yet possessed themselves of all the cities allotted to the various tribes Numbers 34:1-12. God had fulfilled all His part of the covenant. It was no part of His purpose that the native population should be annihilated suddenly Deuteronomy 7:22; but they were delivered into the hand of Israel, and their complete dispossession…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-45Verses 43-45 God promised to give to the seed of Abraham the land of Canaan for a possession, and now they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the promise of the heavenly Canaan is as sure to all God's spiritual Israel; for it is the promise of Him that cannot lie. There stood not a man before them. The after-prevalence of the Canaanites was the effect of Israel's slothfulness, and the punishment of their sinful inclination to the idolatries and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45God had made Israel many good promises, and not one had failed. He kept his promise to give Israel possession of the land and to save them from their surrounding enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 43-4543-45. the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers--This is a general winding up of the history from the thirteenth chapter, which narrates the occupation of the land by the Israelites. All the promises made, whether to the people or to Joshua (Jos 1:5), had been, or were in the course of being fulfilled; and the recorded experience of the Israelites (Jos 21:45), is a ground of hope and confidence to the people of God…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 21:45

• God
• Israel

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Commentaries on Joshua 21

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings