The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Joshua 1:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. American Standard Version (1901) Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Common English Bible Be brave and strong, because you are the one who will help this people take possession of the land, which I pledged to give to their ancestors. Catholic Public Domain Version Be strengthened and be steadfast. For you shall divide by lot, to this people, the land about which I swore to their fathers that I would deliver it to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them. |
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.’ ,
‘As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and be a man,
Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.
Realise now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.’
Then David said to his son Solomon, ‘Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.
But as for you, be strong; don’t give up, for your work has a reward.’
Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave us as an inheritance.
Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it for ever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
He said, ‘Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong! ’ As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, ‘Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.’
Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. Work! For I am with you #– #the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of Armies.
‘The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.”
‘Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and possess the land you are to inherit,
The Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, ‘Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.’
You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words in all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous! ’
Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go.
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’
Joshua said to them, ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord will do this to all the enemies you fight.’
all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians. I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.
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?
So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the Lord. So the Lord vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight! ’