Joshua 1:9

Fear Courage and strength God's presence Strength and help in weakness

⁷ Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

⁸ This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

¹⁰ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

¹¹ “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
KJV: Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
WEB: Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
ASV: Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
DARBY: Have I not commanded thee: Be strong and courageous? Be not afraid, neither be dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
BLB: Have I not commanded you to be strong and to be of good courage? Do not be afraid nor dismayed, for with you YHWH your God [is] in every [place] where you go.”

ÅB: Har jeg ikke befalt deg: Vær frimodig og sterk, frykt ikke og reddes ikke? For Herren din Gud er med deg i alt det du tar deg fore.
OTB: Har jeg ikke befalt deg? Vær sterk og modig. Frykt ikke og bli ikke skremt, for Herren din Gud er med deg hvor du enn går."
B1930: Har jeg ikke befalt dig: Vær frimodig og sterk, frykt ikke og reddes ikke? For Herren din Gud er med dig i alt det du tar dig fore.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God is with you. Courage comes not from our being strong, but from God being with us.

Context: God speaks to Joshua after Moses' death, before the people enter the land.

See also: Deuteronomy 31:6, Isaiah 41:10

The explanation was written by an AI and has not yet been reviewed by a person. All explanations

Cross references

Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
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Jeremiah 1:7–8
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
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Psalms 27:1–2
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
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Joshua 1:6–7
Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
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Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
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Psalms 46:7
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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Deuteronomy 31:7–8
Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
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Isaiah 43:1
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
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