Revised Literal Translation
Joshua 23:11
Joshua 23:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)So be very careful to love the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the Lord your God.
Context of Joshua 23:11
9For Yhwh 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. 10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for Yhwh your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Yhwh your God. 12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13Know for a certainty that Yhwh your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Yhwh your God hath given you.
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וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם מְאֹ֖ד לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑ם לְאַהֲבָ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Joshua 23:11
- Joshua 22:5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Yhwh charged you, to love Yhwh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love Yhwh thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Ephesians 5:15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
- Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Exodus 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema. Maranatha.
- Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Commentaries on Joshua 23:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Take good heed - unto yourselves that ye love the Lord - לנפשתיכם lenaphshotheychem, Take heed To Your Souls, literally; but נפש nephesh and nefs, both in Hebrew and Arabic, signify the whole self, as well as soul and life; both soul and body must be joined in this work, for it is written, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Would we cleave to the Lord, we must always stand upon our guard, for many a soul is lost through carelessness. Love the Lord your God, and you will not leave him. Has God been thus true to you? Be not you false to him. He is faithful that has promised, He 10:23. The experience of every Christian witnesses the same truth. Conflicts may have been severe and long, trials great and many; but at the last he will acknowledge that goodness and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11watch yourselves carefully, that you love: In Scripture, love is an act of the will and a matter of intention. Feelings and attraction may follow, but they are not the core of love. Because love is chosen, God can command people to love. However, love cannot be forced or controlled by pressure or fear.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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- 1. Joshua 23:11 yourselves: Heb. your souls. ↩
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
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