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Joshua 1:9 KJV
Joshua · chapter 1 · verse 9
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.Joshua 1:9 · King James Version
What Joshua 1:9 means
Moses had just died and Joshua had to take a nation into a fight. God says be strong and of a good courage three times in this one chapter, which tells you Joshua needed to hear it more than once. The courage isn't something he worked up. It rests on the last line: the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Joshua 1:9 in context
7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9Have 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.
10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
Commentary
Cross references
- Genesis 28:15
- Jeremiah 1:7-8
- Psalms 27:1-2
- Joshua 1:6-7
- Deuteronomy 20:1
- Psalms 46:7
- Deuteronomy 31:7-8
- Isaiah 43:1
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- dismayedchâthathproperly, to prostrateH2865 →
- courageʼâmatsto be alert, physically or mentallyH553 →
- strongchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- afraidʻâratsto awe or to dreadH6206 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Honour is here put upon Joshua, and great power lodged in his hand, by him that is the fountain of honour and power, and by whom kings reign. Instructions are given him by Infinite Wisdom, and encouragements by the God of all consolation.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9