Joshua 23:9
And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
Cross References
Exodus 23:30little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
Deuteronomy 11:23then hath Jehovah dispossessed all these nations from before you, and ye have possessed nations, greater and mightier than you;
Joshua 1:8the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
Joshua 21:43And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;
Joshua 24:18and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He [is] our God.'
2 Chronicles 20:7'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
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 →