11 translations · Hebrew
Joshua 1:5
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- KJV King James Version
- There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- No 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- No man stations himself before you all [the] days of your life; as I have been with Moses, I am with you, I do not fail you, nor forsake you;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- No one will be able to stand against you while you live. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you. I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee;
- DBY Darby Translation
- None shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee; I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lō- | No | H3808 לֹא not |
| יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב | yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ | shall stand | H3320 יָצַב to stand |
| אִישׁ֙ | ’îš | one | H376 אִישׁ man |
| לְפָנֶ֔יךָ | lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | against you | H6440 פָּנֶה face: before |
| כֹּ֖ל | kōl | all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| יְמֵ֣י | yə·mê | the days | H3117 יוֹם day |
| חַיֶּ֑יךָ | ḥay·ye·ḵā | of your life | H2416 חַי alive |
| כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֨ר | ka·’ă·šer | As | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| הָיִ֤יתִי | hā·yî·ṯî | so will I be | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| עִם־ | ‘im- | with you | H5973 עִם with |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mō·šeh | Moses | H4872 מֹשֶׁה Moses |
| אֶהְיֶ֣ה | ’eh·yeh | I was | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| עִמָּ֔ךְ | ‘im·māḵ | with | H5973 עִם with |
| לֹ֥א | lō | I will never | H3808 לֹא not |
| אַרְפְּךָ֖ | ’ar·pə·ḵā | leave you | H7503 רָפָה to slacken |
| וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | nor | H3808 לֹא not |
| אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃ | ’e·‘ez·ḇe·kā | forsake you | H5800 עָזַב to leave: forsake |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 31:6–8
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.” Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Matthew 28:20
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Isaiah 41:10–14
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish. You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing. …
- Joshua 1:9
Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Acts 18:9–10
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent; for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
- Deuteronomy 20:4
for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
- 2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Joshua 3:7
Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
- Isaiah 43:2–5
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you. For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.
4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
5 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
6 “Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
7 Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
Read all of Joshua 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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