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Caleb Requests Hebron

Joshua 14:8

In 11 translations

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 Yahweh 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.
LSV
and my brothers who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after my God YHWH;
YLT
and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after Jehovah my God;
DBY
And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.Elohim
DRC
But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God.
GNV
But my brethren that went vp with me, discouraged the heart of the people: yet I followed still the Lord my God.
JPS
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
LXXE
My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied myself to follow the Lord my God.Or, according to the Heb. idiom, ‘fully followed.’

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַחַי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָל֣וּ עִמִּ֔י הִמְסִ֖יו אֶת־לֵ֣ב הָעָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֣י מִלֵּ֔אתִי אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃
LXX-Br
Οἱ ἀδελφοί μου οἱ ἀναβάντες μετʼ ἐμοῦ μετέστησαν τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐγὼ δὲ προσετέθην ἐπακολουθῆσαι Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ μου.

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👤 God◆ Dividing the land

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 14:24But 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.
  • Deuteronomy 1:36except 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.”
  • Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  • Joshua 14:14Therefore 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.
  • Revelation 14:4These 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.

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