So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
- KJV So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
- NKJV So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout all the country.
- NASB So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.
- NLT So the Lord was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.
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Quick answer
Yahweh was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land. God's presence brought success and confirmed Joshua's God-given leadership.
Overview
The chapter closes by attributing Joshua's victory and renown to the Lord's presence with him, just as God had promised (Joshua 1:5). His fame served God's larger purpose of making His own power known among the nations. The true source of every triumph is God's faithful presence with His servant.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Josh 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Josh 1:5No 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.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Josh 9:1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
- Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Josh 9:9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Matt 14:1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
- Acts 18:9–10One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Deut 31:6Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Josh 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- 1 Sam 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- Gen 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- Gen 39:2–3And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- Matt 4:24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- 2 Sam 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
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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.
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