6"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.


In Context

3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates-all the Hittite country-to the Great Sea on the west.

5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.

7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Joshua 1:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn unto their fathers to give them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6|Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6be strong and courageous, for thou — thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shall you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.