As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.
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As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.
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As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
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As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Joshua 14:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
- Psalms 103:5 who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Deuteronomy 31:2 He 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.’
- Psalms 90:10 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, to go out and come in.
Hebrew, to go out and come in.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 14:11 As yet I [am as] strong this…
Jos 14:11 As yet I [am as] strong this day as [I was] in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Ver. 11. As yet I am strong this day.] Viridis et vegeta senectus singulare Dei donum est {Deu 34:7} Mr Dod, as he was another Moses for meekness, so for health of body in extreme old age; a mercy that he much valued. Deficere potius quam desinere visus est.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For war; not only for counsel, but for action,…
For war; not only for counsel, but for action, for marching and fighting. And therefore this gift will not be cast away upon an unprofitable and unserviceable person.
To go out, and to come in; to perform all the duties belonging to my place.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As yet I am as strong this day as…
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me,.... To spy the land, forty five years ago; suggesting that he was as sound in his mind, understanding, judgment and memory, and as hale, strong, and robust in his body now, as he had been so long ago; which was a wonderful instance of the care of divine Providence over him in upholding him in life, and continuing him in vigour and health at such an age, when the carcasses of so many thousands had pined away and fell in the wilderness:
as my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war; he had the same strength of body and courage of mind to engage in warlike enterprises as he had so many years ago; and this he the rather mentions, to prevent any objection Joshua might make to the giving of Hebron to him, since being inhabited by giants, it required a large share of strength and courage to attempt the conquest of it: but Caleb had strength
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both to go out, and to come in; to do any civil business, to preside over his tribe, or to govern any city, and its appendages, that should be put into his hands.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain For war - Not only for counsel, but for…
For war - Not only for counsel, but for action; for marching and fighting. And therefore this gift will not be cast away upon an unprofitable and unserviceable person. To go out, and to come in - To perform all the duties belonging to my place. Moses had said, that at eighty years old, even our strength is labour and sorrow. But Caleb was an exception to this rule: At eighty-five years old, his strength was still ease and joy. This he got by following the Lord fully.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Even so is my strength now] I…
Verse 11. Even so is my strength now] I do not ask this place because I wish to sit down now, and take my ease; on the contrary, I know I must fight, to drive out the Anakim, and I am as able and willing to do it as I was forty-five years ago, when Moses sent me to spy out the land.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain March. Hebrew, "to enter and to go out." Septuagint…
March. Hebrew, "to enter and to go out." Septuagint add, "to war."
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 11. Strong this day — As strong to defend…
11. Strong this day — As strong to defend his heritage as he was forty-five years ago to win it. He had kept the ten commandments which his own ears had heard from Jehovah’s voice so well, that they had been permanent youth in his blood and bones.
Go out — To the battle.
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Come in — With the spoils. See Jdg_1:20. This was no senile boast of youthful strength, as the three sons of Anak found to their cost. Jos_15:14. The old hero never became, like his fellow Joshua, ruler of all Israel, but he had a son-in-law-nephew that did.}
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. As yet I am] “To day Y am…
11. As yet I am] “To day Y am of fẏue and eiçti çeer, so myçti as that tyme Y was myghti, whanne Y was sent to aspie,” Wyclif.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) As yet I am as strong this day…
(11) As yet I am as strong this day . . .—But by Jos_13:1, “Joshua had aged.” Yet Joshua died at the age of 110, only 25 years older than Caleb was at this time. They were contemporaries. But the far greater responsibility lying upon Joshua (with a possible difference of temperament) may very naturally account for the one man’s having aged so much more rapidly than the other.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain As yet am I as strong this day. A…
As yet am I as strong this day. A vigorous and respected old age is ordinarily, by Nature"s own law, the decreed reward for a virtuous youth and a temperate manhood. Caleb"s devotion to God"s service had preserved him from the sins as well as from the faithlessness and murmuring of the Israelites. And thus, with a body not enfeebled by indulgence, he presents himself before Joshua with undiminished strength, at a time when most men are sinking under the weight of their infirmities, and is ready still for battle with the most formidable foes.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:11 Caleb judged himself to be as strong at…
14:11 Caleb judged himself to be as strong at eighty-five as he had been at forty. He still felt equipped to travel and fight—to continue both ordinary and extraordinary pursuits.
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