Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Joshua 14:8

Faithfulness and loyaltyFaithObedienceCourage and strength

6 Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.

Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

9 On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’

10 Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

Read the whole chapter

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

Compare

BSB
Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
KJV
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
WEB
Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
ASV
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
DARBY
And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
BLB
And my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, and I wholly followed after YHWH my God.
ÅB
Mine brødre, som hadde draget opp med meg, gjorde folket motløst; men jeg holdt meg trolig til Herren min Gud.
OTB
Men mine med-israelitter som dro opp med meg, fikk folkets hjerter til å smelte av frykt. Men jeg fulgte Herren min Gud helhjertet.
B1930
Mine brødre, som hadde draget op med mig, gjorde folket motløst; men jeg holdt mig trolig til Herren min Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 14:24

    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 1:36

    except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

    Read in context

  • Numbers 13:31

    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

    Read in context

  • Joshua 14:14

    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

    Read in context

  • Revelation 14:4

    These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

    Read in context