still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
Parallel translations
- WEB As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.
- KJV As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
- NKJV As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in.
- NASB I am still as strong today as I was on the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.
- NLT I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.
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Quick answer
At eighty-five Caleb declares himself as strong as ever, ready for war as in his prime.
Overview
Caleb's vigor in old age is itself a testimony to God's sustaining grace. Far from seeking ease, he desires to keep serving and fighting the Lord's battles. His zeal models a faith that does not retire from God's work but presses on, trusting the Lord who gives strength.
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- Deut 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Ps 103:5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Deut 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
- Ps 90:10The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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