Joshua 23:4

Joshua 23:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
• New International Version (NIV)Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
• New King James Version (NKJV)See, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea westward.

Context of Joshua 23:4

2called together all the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel. He said to them, “I am now a very old man. 3You have seen everything the Lord your God has done for you during my lifetime. The Lord your God has fought for you against your enemies. I have allotted to you as your homeland all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conquered—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5This land will be yours, for the Lord your God will himself drive out all the people living there now. You will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God promised you. 6“So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.

Joshua 23:4 word by word

רְאוּ֩ הִפַּ֨לְתִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶֽת־הַ֠גּוֹיִם הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֛לֶּה בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכְרַ֔תִּי וְהַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל מְב֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: behold!H7200
• I have dividedנָפַלnâphal · to fall: allotH5307
• unto you by lot these nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• that remainשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• to be an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• for your tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• from Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• that I have cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• even unto the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• westwardשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• westwardמָבוֹאmâbô' · entranceH3996

Cross-references for Joshua 23:4

• Joshua 13:2This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
• Joshua 18:10And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the Lord to determine which tribe should have each section.

Commentaries on Joshua 23:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I have divided - these nations that remain - The whole of the promised land had been portioned out, as well those parts which had not yet been conquered, as those from which the ancient inhabitants had been expelled. The Canaanitish armies had long ago been broken in pieces, so that they could make no head against the Israelites, but in many districts the old inhabitants remained, more through the supineness of the Israelites, than through their own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The Israelites had not yet conquered some of the land Joshua assigned to the tribes. Israel took possession of the land slowly for several reasons: There was an ecological reason. God said that the people should not drive out all the inhabitants at once, so that wild animals would not increase too quickly (see Exodus 23:29–30). There was also a military reason. Israel did not yet have enough strength or technology to defeat some groups, especially those…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 23:4

• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Lot
• Jordan River, Jordan
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Certainty
• Cleave
• Mention
• Therefrom
• Joshua, Book of
• Mediterranean Sea

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