Joshua 17:18 - The Scriptures 1998

for the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and its farthest limits shall be yours. For you are to drive out the Kenaʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the hill country shall be yours; though it is a forest, you shall clear and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.

American Standard Version (1901)

but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.

Common English Bible

The highland will belong to you. Because it is a forest, you can clear it. Its farthest limits will be yours. You will definitely remove the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Instead, you shall cross to the mountain, and you shall cut down and clear out for yourselves space in which to live. And you shall be able to advance further, when you will have destroyed the Canaanite, who, as you say, has iron chariots and is very strong."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong.

Joshua 17:18 Cross References

Genesis 49:24

“But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Yaʽ

2 Samuel 18:6

So the people went out into the field to meet Yisra’ĕ

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to this? If Elohim is for us, who is against us?

Romans 8:37

But in all this we are more than overcomers through Him who loved us.

Deuteronomy 33:17

“His splendour is like a first-born bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he pushes the peoples to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephrayim, and they are the thousands of Menashsheh.”

Hebrews 13:6

so that we boldly say, “יהוה  is my helper, I shall not fear what man shall do to me.”

Joshua 13:6

all the inhabitants of the mountains from Leḇ

Joshua 15:9

And the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtowaḥ

Joshua 17:17

And Yehoshua spoke to the house of Yosĕ

Joshua 20:7

So they set apart Qeḏ

1 Samuel 1:1

And there was a certain man of Ramathayim Tsophim, of the mountains of Ephrayim, and his name was Elqanah son of Yeroḥ