Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. New Living Translation They answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us. English Standard Version And they answered Joshua, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Berean Standard Bible So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. King James Bible And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. New King James Version So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. New American Standard Bible They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. NASB 1995 They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. NASB 1977 And they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Legacy Standard Bible And they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Amplified Bible They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Christian Standard Bible They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. Holman Christian Standard Bible They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. American Standard Version And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. Contemporary English Version The men answered: We'll cross the Jordan River and help our relatives. We'll fight anywhere you send us. English Revised Version And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people responded to Joshua, "We'll do everything you tell us and go wherever you send us. Good News Translation They answered Joshua, "We will do everything you have told us and will go anywhere you send us. International Standard Version "We'll do everything that you commanded," they replied. "We'll go wherever you send us. Majority Standard Bible So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. NET Bible They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us. New Heart English Bible They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Webster's Bible Translation And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. World English Bible They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they answer Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we do; and to every [place] to where you send us, we go; Young's Literal Translation And they answer Joshua, saying, 'All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every place whither thou dost send us, we go; Smith's Literal Translation And they will answer Joshua, saying, All which thou didst command us, we will do, and where thou shalt send us, we will go. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast commanded us we will do; and whithersoever thou shalt send us, we will go. Catholic Public Domain Version And they responded to Joshua, and they said: “All that you have instructed to us, we shall do. And wherever you will send us, we shall go. New American Bible They answered Joshua, “We will do all you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us. New Revised Standard Version They answered Joshua: “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites answered and said to Joshua, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the sons of Rubil and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasheh answered and they said to Yeshua: “All that you commanded us we shall do, and wherever you will send us we will go OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they answered Joshua, saying: 'All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which thou commandest us, and we will go to every place whither thou shalt send us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joshua Takes Charge…15until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.” 16So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. 17Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.… Cross References Exodus 24:3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” Deuteronomy 5:27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.” Numbers 32:25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands. 1 Samuel 12:14-15 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. / But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers. 1 Kings 8:57-58 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us. / May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. Nehemiah 10:29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. Psalm 119:60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. Romans 6:16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? Treasury of Scripture And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. Numbers 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Deuteronomy 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. Romans 13:1-5 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God… Jump to Previous Commanded Commandest Joshua Sendest Whatever Wherever Whither WhithersoeverJump to Next Commanded Commandest Joshua Sendest Whatever Wherever Whither WhithersoeverJoshua 1 1. The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed Moses3. The borders of the promised land 5. God promises to assist Joshua 8. He gives him instructions 10. Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan 12. He puts the two tribes and a half in mind of their promise to Moses 16. They promise him allegiance They answered This phrase indicates a collective response from the people to Joshua. The Hebrew root for "answered" is "עָנָה" (anah), which often implies a thoughtful or considered reply. This reflects the unity and readiness of the Israelites to follow Joshua's leadership, a crucial moment as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. Historically, this response signifies a pivotal transition from the leadership of Moses to Joshua, underscoring the continuity of God's covenant with Israel. Joshua All that you have commanded us we will do and wherever you send us we will go Verse 16. - And they answered Joshua, saying. We may compare this joyful willingness with the murmurings of the people in the wilderness, and their rebellion after the death of those who led them into the promised land (cf. Joshua 24:31 with Judges 2:10, 11, etc.). Obedience is easy when all goes well with us, and when it makes no demand upon our faith. The Israelites murmured when the promise was as yet unfulfilled. They rebelled against God when obedience entailed serf sacrifice. But now all was hope and eagerness. So it is often with the young Christian at the outset of life's battle, before he has begun to realise the exertion and self denial that can alone ensure him victory. |
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