Joshua 18:3 - New International Reader's Version

³ So Joshua spoke to the Israelites. He said, “The Lord, the God of your people, has given you this land. How long will you wait before you begin to take it over?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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?

Joshua 18:3 Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

Proverbs 13:4

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the desires of people who work hard are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to the place of the dead. And there isn’t any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.

Zephaniah 3:16

The time is coming when people will say to Jerusalem, “Zion, don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.

Matthew 20:6

About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Joshua 1:6

Be strong and brave. You will lead these people. They will take the land as their very own. It is the land I promised to give their people of long ago.

Joshua 13:1

Joshua was now very old. The Lord said to him, “You are very old. And there are still very large areas of land that have not yet been taken over.

Joshua 18:2

But there were still seven tribes in Israel who had not yet received their shares of land.

Joshua 18:4

Appoint three men from each tribe. I’ll send them to map out the land. Then they’ll write a report about its features. The report will point out the share of land each tribe will receive. Then the men will return to me.

Judges 18:9

They answered, “Come on! Let’s attack them! We’ve seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t wait any longer. Go there and take it over.