"For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but {as for} you, no man hath been able to stand …" — Joshua 23:9

Joshua 23:9 · KJV

“For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but {as for} you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. {For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive}”

— Joshua 23:9

Verse 8

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. {But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc}

Verse 10

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.

Joshua 23 — Context

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear {by them}, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. {But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc}

For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but {as for} you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. {For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive}

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.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. {yourselves: Heb. your souls}

Cross References

Joshua 1:5

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.

Deuteronomy 11:23

Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

Exodus 23:30

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Joshua 23:5

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

Joshua 21:43-44

And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Joshua 15:14

And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Joshua 1:8-9

This 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. {have...: or, do wisely}

Deuteronomy 7:24

And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.