Joshua 23:9

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.

For the LORD {H3068} hath driven out {H3423} from before {H6440} you great {H1419} nations {H1471} and strong {H6099}: but as for you, no man {H376} hath been able to stand {H5975} before {H6440} you unto this day {H3117}.

This is why ADONAI has driven out great, strong nations ahead of you; and it explains why no one has prevailed against you to this day,

The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 1:5 (7 votes)

    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  • Deuteronomy 11:23 (5 votes)

    Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

  • Exodus 23:30 (4 votes)

    By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

  • Joshua 23:5 (4 votes)

    And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

  • Joshua 15:14 (3 votes)

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  • Joshua 21:43 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

  • Joshua 21:44 (3 votes)

    And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.