Joshua 18:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Joshua asked the Israelites, ‘How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, gave you? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joshua asked the Israelites, How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you? Common English Bible Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you avoid going to take over the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you? Catholic Public Domain Version And Joshua said to them: "For how long will you draw back in idleness, and not enter to possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given to you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Josue said to them: How long are you indolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given you? |
The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied.
A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a raised road.
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: ‘Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.
Then at about five he went and found others standing around and said to them, “Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ”
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
‘Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.
Joshua was now old, advanced in age, and the Lord said to him, ‘You have become old, advanced in age, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.
but seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.
Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.
They answered, ‘Come on, let’s attack them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why wait? Don’t hesitate to go and invade and take possession of the land!