1 Chronicles 28:10

28:10 Realize ¹  now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ²  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

Deuteronomy 31:7-8

31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua ³  in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, ⁴  and you will enable them to inherit it. 31:8 The Lord is indeed going before you – he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

Joshua 1:6-9

1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. ⁵  1:7 Make sure you are ⁶  very strong and brave! Carefully obey ⁷  all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! ⁸  Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful ⁹  in all you do. ¹⁰  1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ¹¹  You must memorize it ¹²  day and night so you can carefully obey ¹³  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ¹⁴  and be successful. ¹⁵  1:9 I repeat, ¹⁶  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ¹⁷  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ¹⁸ 

Joshua 1:18

1:18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. ¹⁹  But ²⁰  be strong and brave!”

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Colossians 1:13

1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, ²¹ 

Ephesians 6:10

Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare

6:10 Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

Ephesians 6:2

6:2 “Honor your father and mother,” ²²  which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Ephesians 2:1

New Life Individually

2:1 And although you were ²³  dead ²⁴  in your transgressions and sins,

[28:10]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[28:20]  ² tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”

[31:7]  ³ tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

[1:7]  ⁶ tn Or “Only be.”

[1:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “so you can be careful to do.” The use of the infinitive לִשְׁמֹר (lishmor, “to keep”) after the imperatives suggests that strength and bravery will be necessary for obedience. Another option is to take the form לִשְׁמֹר as a vocative lamed (ל) with imperative (see Isa 38:20 for an example of this construction), which could be translated, “Indeed, be careful!”

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanded you.”

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  ¹² tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Have I not commanded you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of the following command by reminding the listener that it is being repeated.

[1:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “any man who rebels against your mouth and does not listen to your words, to all which you command us, will be put to death.”

[1:18]  ²⁰ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[1:13]  ²¹ tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).

[6:2]  ²² sn A quotation from Exod 20:12 and Deut 5:16.

[2:1]  ²³ tn The adverbial participle “being” (ὄντας, ontas) is taken concessively.

[2:1]  ²⁴ sn Chapter 2 starts off with a participle, although you were dead, that is left dangling. The syntax in Greek for vv. 1-3 constitutes one incomplete sentence, though it seems to have been done intentionally. The dangling participle leaves the readers in suspense while they wait for the solution (in v. 4) to their spiritual dilemma.