11 translations · Hebrew
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.”
Joshua 1:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.”
- KJV King James Version
- Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be terrified nor frightened, for your God YHWH [is] with you in every [place] to where you go.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't forget what I told you: Be strong! Be brave! Don't be afraid! Don't get discouraged! For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee [is] Jehovah thy God in every [place] whither thou goest.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Have I not commanded thee: Be strong and courageous? Be not afraid, neither be dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲל֤וֹא | hă·lō·w | Have I not | H3808 לֹא not |
| צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ | ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā | commanded you | H6680 צָוָה to command |
| חֲזַ֣ק | ḥă·zaq | to be strong | H2388 חָזַק to strengthen: strengthen |
| וֶאֱמָ֔ץ | we·’ĕ·māṣ | and courageous | H553 אָמֵץ to strengthen |
| אַֽל־ | ’al- | Do not | H408 אַל not |
| תַּעֲרֹ֖ץ | ta·‘ă·rōṣ | be afraid | H6206 עָרַץ to tremble |
| וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | — | H408 אַל not |
| תֵּחָ֑ת | tê·ḥāṯ | do not be discouraged | H2865 חָתַת to to be dismayed |
| כִּ֤י | kî | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| עִמְּךָ֙ | ‘im·mə·ḵā | is with | H5973 עִם with |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bə·ḵōl | you wherever | H3605 כֹּל all |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | — | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| תֵּלֵֽךְ׃פ | tê·lêḵ | you go | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
Related verses
- Genesis 28:15
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
- Jeremiah 1:7–8
But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you. Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
- Psalm 27:1–2
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Joshua 1:6–7
“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 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.
- Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- Psalm 46:7
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Deuteronomy 31:7–8
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.”
- Isaiah 43:1
But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
- Isaiah 43:5
Don’t be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
- Judges 6:14
Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
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.”
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11 “Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.’”
Read all of Joshua 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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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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