Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”
Joshua 14:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But my companions who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, yet I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But my brethren who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. Common English Bible My companions who had gone up with me made the people’s heart melt. But I remained loyal to the LORD my God. Catholic Public Domain Version But my brothers, who had ascended with me, broke the heart of the people. And I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. |
Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me wholeheartedly, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have unreservedly followed the Lord.’
Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’
except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his descendants I will give the land on which he set foot, because of his complete fidelity to the Lord.’
So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,