11 translations · Hebrew
Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
Joshua 23:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- KJV King James Version
- One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- ASV American Standard Version
- One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- one man of you pursues a thousand, for your God YHWH [is] He who is fighting for you, as He has spoken to you;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Just one of you can chase away a thousand enemies, for the Lord your God is fighting for you, as he promised you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;
- DBY Darby Translation
- One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- One of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies: because the Lord your God himself will fight for you, as he hath promised.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִישׁ־ | ’îš- | — | H376 אִישׁ man |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | One | H259 אֶחָד one |
| מִכֶּ֖ם | mik·kem | of you | H9006 מ from |
| יִרְדָּף־ | yir·dāp̄- | can put | H7291 רָדַף to pursue |
| אָ֑לֶף | ’ā·lep̄ | a thousand {to flight} | H505 אֶ֫לֶף thousand |
| כִּ֣י׀ | kî | because | H3588 כִּי for |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| ה֚וּא | hū | — | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| הַנִּלְחָ֣ם | han·nil·ḥām | fights | H3898 לָחַם to fight |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lā·ḵem | for you | H9005 ל to/for |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | ka·’ă·šer | just as | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | dib·ber | He promised | H1696 דָבַר to speak: speak |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lā·ḵem | — | H9005 ל to/for |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God himself fights for you.”
- Exodus 14:14
Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
- Psalm 35:1
Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
- Deuteronomy 20:4
for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalm 46:7
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Joshua 23:3
You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.
- Psalm 44:4–5
You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob! Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
9 “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.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.
12 “But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
Read all of Joshua 23 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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