Joshua 18:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ So Yehoshua said to the children of Yisra’ĕ

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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

Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the straight is a highway.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Zephaniah 3:16

In that day it shall be said to Yerushalayim, “Do not fear, Tsiyon, do not let your hands be weak.

Matthew 20:6

“And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

John 6:27

“Do not labour for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏ

Joshua 1:6

“Be strong and courageous, for you are to let this people inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 13:1

And Yehoshua was old, advanced in years. And יהוה  said to him, “You are old, advanced in years, and still much of the land remains to be possessed.

Joshua 18:2

And seven tribes were left among the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 18:4

“Appoint three men from each tribe, and let me send them out to go through the land and describe it according to their inheritance, and come back to me.

Judges 18:9

And they said, “Arise, and let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. And you sit still! Do not hesitate to go to enter in to possess the land.