Deuteronomy 31:6-8 sits inside this longer paragraph.
1Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’ 3Yahweh your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken. 4Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. 5Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you. 6Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
7Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. 8Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Or, be of good courage.
Or, be of good courage.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Deu 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage,…
Deu 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Ver. 6. He will not fall thee.] Five times in holy Scriptures is this precious promise repeated; and in Heb 13:5, made common to all believers, with a very deep asseveration.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv6–8 And Moses called unto Joshua,.... Who might be at…
And Moses called unto Joshua,.... Who might be at some distance from him, with the tribe to which he belonged. The Targum of Jonathan adds,"out of the midst of the people:"
and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel; now assembled together, and what follows was said in their hearing, to make him the more respectable to them:
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be strong and of a good courage; the same that is said to the people in Deu 31:6, and which was still more necessary in him, who was to be their general, and to go at the head of them, and lead them on to battle; and though Joshua was a man of courage and valour, as well as had military skill, as appears by his fight with Amalek, Exo 17:9; yet such an exhortation was not needless, seeing he had so much work to do, and so many enemies to contend with:
for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them, and thou shalt cause them to inherit it; the Targum of Jonathan is,"which the Word of the Lord hath sworn to give;''the land of Canaan, thither he must go with them; this was the will and determination of God, and he must go alone without him, Moses, which would be a trial of his courage.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 Verse 6. Be strong] חזקו chizku, the same word…
Verse 6. Be strong] חזקו chizku, the same word that is used Ex 4:21; Ex 9:15, for hardening Pharaoh's heart. See the notes there. The Septuagint, in this and the following verse, have, Ανδριζου και ισχυε, Play the man, and be strong; and from this St. Paul seems to have borrowed his ideas, 1Co 16:13: Στηκετε εν τῃ πιστει· ανδριζεσθε, κρατιουσθε: Stand firm in the faith; play the man - act like heroes; be vigorous.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv6–7 Deu 31:6. Be strong — In faith in God.…
Deu 31:6. Be strong — In faith in God. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee — Will not leave thee to thyself, but will be always present with thee to assist and make thee successful in thy undertakings. This promise, though made at this time particularly to Israel and Joshua, yet belongs to all believers, Heb 13:5.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v7 Moses hands over to Joshua that office as leader…
Moses hands over to Joshua that office as leader of the people, to which he had already been designated Deu 1:38; Num 27:23. He assigns also to the Levitical priests and the elders, as the ecclesiastical and civil heads of the nation, the responsibility of teaching the law and enforcing its observance Deu 31:10-13. Both these were symbolic acts, designed to mark the responsibility of the parties concerned after the death of Moses.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v7 Called. Hebrew, "unto Josue." He did this publicly that…
Called. Hebrew, "unto Josue." He did this publicly that no dispute might arise after his death, respecting the choice of a successor. (Haydock) --- Lot. Hebrew and Chaldean, "thou shalt put them in possession of it." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v7 7. Called unto Joshua — Moses, in the sight…
7. Called unto Joshua — Moses, in the sight of all Israel, calls Joshua, who is to be his successor, and with words of encouragement tells him he is to go with the people into the Land of Promise, and to cause them to possess it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv6–8 6. Be strong and of a good courage] Cp.…
6. Be strong and of a good courage] Cp. Deu_3:28 : encourage and strengthen him (causative forms of the same vbs.).
fear not, nor be affrighted] The phrase usual with Pl. passages (for the corresponding Sg. see Deu_1:21 and below Deu_31:8). Deu_1:29 takes these vbs. in the reverse order. The Pl. in this part of the v. is confirmed by Sam. The LXX has Sg. per incuriam.
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doth go with thee] Deu_20:4; before thee, Deu_1:30. Sam. confirms Sg. The LXX has Pl.
fail thee] let thee drop; Deu_4:31 : not fail nor forsake thee, so Deu_31:8, Jos_1:5 (deuter.), 1Ch_28:20, Heb_13:5. Sg. is confirmed by Sam. LXX.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v7 Vers. 7, 8 Moses, having in view the appointment…
Vers. 7, 8 Moses, having in view the appointment of Joshua as his successor, also encourages him to go forward on the strength of the Divine promise. Thou must go with this people. This is a correct rendering of the words as they stand in the Hebrew text. The Samaritan, Syriac, and Vulgate have, "Thou shalt bring this people;" but this is probably an arbitrary correction in order to assimilate this to ver. 23. And thou shalt cause them to inherit it; i.e. shalt conduct them to the full possession of the land.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 General Information:
General Information:
Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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in the sight of all Israel
This means that all of the people of Israel were present. AT: "in the presence of all the Israelites" (See: Metonymy)
Be strong and of good courage
"Be strong and courageous." See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 31:5.
you will cause them to inherit it
"you will help them take the land"
translationWords
Moses
Joshua
Israel
oath
inherit
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v6 31:6 He will neither fail you nor abandon you:…
31:6 He will neither fail you nor abandon you: This encouragement for Israel on the verge of taking possession of the Promised Land also states a general principle of God’s care for his people (see also Heb 13:5).
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