Joshua 21:43
What does Joshua 21:43 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 21:43 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
Context
v.42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
v.43This passage
v.44And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:27
I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
- Psalms 44:3
For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
- Psalms 106:42
Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
- Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Deuteronomy 11:31
For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
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