Joshua 23:10
8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
11 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- 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.
- WEB
- One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- ASV
- One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
- DARBY
- One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.
- BLB
- One man of you⁺ shall chase a thousand, for YHWH your⁺ God [is] He who is fighting for you⁺ as He promised to you⁺.
- ÅB
- Én mann av dere drev tusen på flukt; for det var Herren deres Gud som stred for dere, slik som han hadde sagt til dere.
- OTB
- En av dere kan jage tusen på flukt, fordi Herren deres Gud kjemper for dere, slik Han har lovet.
- B1930
- Én mann av eder drev tusen på flukt; for det var Herren eders Gud som stred for eder, således som han hadde sagt til eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Read in contextLeviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
Read in contextExodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Read in contextPsalms 35:1
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 20:4
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Read in contextRomans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Read in contextPsalms 46:7
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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