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Selected Verse: Joshua 1:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 1:5 |
Strong Concordance |
There shall not any man [0376] be able to stand [03320] before [06440] thee all the days [03117] of thy life [02416]: as I was with Moses [04872], so I will be with thee: I will not fail [07503] thee, nor forsake [05800] thee. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| There shall not any man be able to stand before thee--Canaan was theirs by a divine grant; and the renewed confirmation of that grant to Joshua when about to lead the people into it, intimated not only a certain but an easy conquest. It is remarkable, however, that his courage and hope of victory were made to depend (see on Deu 17:18) on his firm and inflexible adherence to the law of God, not only that regarding the extirpation of the Canaanites, but the whole divine code. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| With Moses - To assist him against all his enemies, and in all the difficulties of governing this stiff - necked people, which Joshua might justly fear no less than the Canaanites. Forsake thee - I will not leave thee destitute either of inward support, or of outward assistance. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Be able to stand before thee - Because God shall be with thee, therefore thou shalt be irresistible. This promise was most punctually literally fulfilled. |
18 And it shall be, when he sitteth [03427] upon the throne [03678] of his kingdom [04467], that he shall write [03789] him a copy [04932] of this law [08451] in a book [05612] out of that which is before [06440] the priests [03548] the Levites [03881]: