Joshua 23:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.”
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“The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 23:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
- Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
- Deuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
- Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Joshua 21:43Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
- Joshua 23:5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
- Joshua 24:18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
- 1 Kings 21:26He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
- 2 Chronicles 20:7Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
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