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Joshua 10:8

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The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
Joshua 10:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”
  • KJV And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
  • NKJV And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.”
  • NASB And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have handed them over to you; not one of them will stand against you.”
  • NLT “Do not be afraid of them,” the Lord said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.”

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Quick answer

Yahweh assures Joshua of victory, telling him not to fear because the enemy is already delivered into his hand. God promises that none will stand against him.

Overview

Before the battle, the LORD grants Joshua the same assurance given at Jericho and Ai, framing the coming conflict as God's own victory. The command not to fear, grounded in a promise already accomplished in God's purpose, sustains faith for action. This pattern of God going before His people anticipates the assurance believers have that Christ has already overcome on their behalf.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Isa 41:10–15Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  • Deut 3:2But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  • Ps 27:1–2Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
  • Josh 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
  • Josh 1:5–9No 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.
  • Judg 4:14–15Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  • Josh 8:1Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  • Deut 20:1–4When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

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Christ at the center

Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.

How Joshua 10:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the LORDיְהֹוָהsaidאָמַרunto JoshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַFearיָרֵאthem not: for I have deliveredנָתַןthem into thine handיָדthere shall not a manאִישׁof them standעָמַדbeforeפָּנִים
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