“Be strong and courageous,(A) for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.(B) Above all, be strong and very courageous to carefully observe the whole instruction My servant Moses commanded you.(C) Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth;(D) you are to recite[a] it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.(E) Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous?(F) Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 1:8 Or meditate on

Be strong(A) and courageous,(B) because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors(C) to give them.

“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey(D) all the law(E) my servant Moses(F) gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,(G) that you may be successful wherever you go.(H) Keep this Book of the Law(I) always on your lips;(J) meditate(K) on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.(L) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid;(M) do not be discouraged,(N) for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”(O)

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Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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10 Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”(A)

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10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

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10 Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

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20 Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous,(A) and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or forsake you(B) until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.

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20 David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous,(A) and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake(B) you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.(C)

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20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

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