Joshua 1:5

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 1:16-18

1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us. 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! 1:18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. ⁴  But ⁵  be strong and brave!”

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.

[1:17]  ² tn Heb “listened to.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[1:18]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).