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Joshua’s Charge to Leaders

Joshua 23:9

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
KJV
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.For the LORD…: or, Then the LORD will drive
WEB
“For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
ASV
For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
LSV
And YHWH is dispossessing great and mighty nations from before you; as for you, none has stood in your presence until this day;
YLT
And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
DBY
For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
DRC
And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.
GNV
For ye Lord hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.
JPS
wherefore the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and mighty; but as for you, no man hath stood against you unto this day.
LXXE
And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ יְהוָה֙ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם גּוֹיִ֖ם גְּדֹלִ֣ים וַעֲצוּמִ֑ים וְאַתֶּ֗ם לֹא־עָ֤מַד אִישׁ֙ בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν ἔθνη μεγάλα καὶ ἰσχυρά· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀντέστη κατενώπιον ἡμῶν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  • Deuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
  • Exodus 23:30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
  • Joshua 23:5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
  • Joshua 1:8–9This 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…
  • Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Joshua 21:43–44Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of…
  • Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

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