“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.
- KJV And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
- NKJV You have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the Lord your God is He who has fought for you.
- NASB And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you.
- NLT You have seen everything the Lord your God has done for you during my lifetime. The Lord your God has fought for you against your enemies.
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Quick answer
Joshua reminds them that Yahweh Himself fought for them against the nations. It grounds their confidence in God, not their own strength.
Overview
Joshua points the people back to all they had witnessed of God's mighty acts on their behalf. The victories belonged to the Lord, who fought for Israel, not to their own power. This reminder calls them to trust and obey the God who had so faithfully delivered them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Josh 10:14There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
- Josh 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Mal 1:5You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
- Deut 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Ps 44:1–3For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
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