Joshua 18:3

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?

And Joshua {H3091} said {H559} unto the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, How long are ye slack {H7503} to go {H935} to possess {H3423} the land {H776}, which the LORD {H3068} God {H430} of your fathers {H1} hath given {H5414} you?

Y'hoshua said to the people of Isra'el, "How long will you delay going in to take possession of the land which ADONAI the God of your ancestors has given you?

So 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?

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?

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 13:4 (6 votes)

    ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Judges 18:9 (6 votes)

    And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it [is] very good: and [are] ye still? be not slothful to go, [and] to enter to possess the land.

  • Matthew 20:6 (5 votes)

    And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

  • Proverbs 15:19 (5 votes)

    ¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

  • Proverbs 10:4 (5 votes)

    ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Zephaniah 3:16 (4 votes)

    In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: [and to] Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

  • Proverbs 2:2 (3 votes)

    So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;