Joshua 23:9
And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.
10One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to you.
Cross References
Exodus 23:30By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:23then the Lord shall cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall inherit great nations and stronger than yourselves.
Joshua 1:8And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.
Joshua 21:43So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
Joshua 24:18And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yea, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
2 Chronicles 20:7Art not thou the Lord that didst destroy the inhabitants of this land before the face of thy people Israel, and didst give it to thy beloved seed of Abraham for ever?
Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:2-11
Joshua's Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 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… Read the whole commentary →