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.
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.
- BSB “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.
- 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 shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Josh 10:14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
- Josh 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Mal 1:5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
- Deut 20:4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- Deut 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Ps 44:1–3We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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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.
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