Joshua 24:13
11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
- KJV
- And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
- WEB
- I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’
- ASV
- And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
- DARBY
- And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
- BLB
- And I have given to you⁺ a land on which you did not labor, and cities that you⁺ did not build, and you⁺ dwell in them. You⁺ are eating of vineyards and olive groves that you⁺ did not plant.’
- ÅB
- Og jeg gav dere et land som du ikke har hatt strev med, og byer som dere ikke har bygget, og dere bosatte dere i dem; dere spiser av vingårder og oljetrær som dere ikke har plantet.
- OTB
- Jeg ga dere et land som dere ikke har arbeidet for og byer som dere ikke har bygd, og dere bor i dem og spiser av vingårder og olivenlunder som dere ikke har plantet.’
- B1930
- Og jeg gav eder et land som du ikke har hatt møie med, og byer som I ikke har bygget, og I bosatte eder i dem; I eter av vingårder og oljetrær som I ikke har plantet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 6:10–12
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Read in contextJoshua 21:45
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Read in contextProverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Read in contextJoshua 11:13
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
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