1:5 No one will be able to resist you 1 all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.
Joshua 1:17
1:17 Just as we obeyed 2 Moses, so we will obey you. But 3 may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!
1 tnHeb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.
2 tnHeb “listened to.”
3 tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).