Joshua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ¹  You must memorize it ²  day and night so you can carefully obey ³  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ⁴  and be successful. ⁵ 

Isaiah 48:15

48:15 I, I have spoken –

yes, I have summoned him;

I lead him and he will succeed. ⁶ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ³ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[48:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his way will be prosperous.”