Joshua 13:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.”
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“Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Joshua is old, entering into days, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Thou hast become aged, thou hast entered into days; as to the land, very much hath been left to possess.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 13:1 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Numbers 34:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
- Numbers 34:12Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
- Deuteronomy 31:3The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Joshua 14:10Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Joshua 18:3So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 20:1Then the LORD said to Joshua,
- Joshua 23:1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- Joshua 23:2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
- Joshua 24:29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- 1 Kings 1:1Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
- Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
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