Joshua 23:10

Joshua 23:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
• New International Version (NIV)One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.

Context of Joshua 23:10

8But cling to Adonai your God, as you have done to this day. 9For Adonai has driven out from before you great and mighty nations. As for you, no one remained standing before you to this day. One of you can put a thousand to flight, for Adonai your God, He Himself is fighting for you, just as He said to you. 11For your own sake, therefore, be most mindful to love Adonai your God. 12For if you ever go back and cling to the remnant of these nations that are still remaining among you, and intermarry with them, and you associate with them and they with you,

Joshua 23:10 word by word

אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד מִכֶּ֖ם יִרְדָּף־אָ֑לֶף כִּ֣י׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם ה֚וּא הַנִּלְחָ֣ם לָכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of you shall chaseרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• that fightethלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• for you, as he hath promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696

Cross-references for Joshua 23:10

• Leviticus 26:8Five of you will chase 100 and 100 of you will chase 10,000, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How can one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Adonai had handed them over?
• Judges 3:31After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down 600 Philistine men with an ox-goad. So he also delivered Israel.
• Judges 7:19So Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came up to the outermost part of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch. Then they blew the shofarot and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
• Judges 15:15Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
• 1 Samuel 14:6Then Jonathan said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. Perhaps Adonai will work for us, for nothing restrains Adonai from delivering whether by many or by few.”
• 2 Samuel 23:8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains—he wielded his spear against 800 and slew them in one encounter.
• Joshua 10:42Thus Joshua captured all those kings and their lands at a single stroke, because Adonai God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Exodus 14:14Adonai will fight for you, while you hold your peace.”
• Exodus 23:27“I will send My terror before you and throw all the people to whom you will come into panic, and make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
• Deuteronomy 3:22You must not fear them, for it is Adonai your God who fights for you.’
• Deuteronomy 20:4For Adonai your God is the One who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies to save you.’
• Psalms 35:1A psalm of David. Adonai, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me.
• Psalms 44:4For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face— for You favored them.
• Psalms 46:7Nations are in uproar, kingdoms totter, He utters His voice, the earth melts!
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Commentaries on Joshua 23:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10One man of you shall chase a thousand - Do not remain inactive on the supposition that you must be much more numerous before you can drive out your enemies, for it is the Lord that shall drive out nations great and strong; and under his direction and influence one of you shall chase a thousand.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10God fights for you: God fought for the Israelites earlier (for example, 10:11–14). He would keep fighting for them in the future.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