Joshua 4:14

4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected ¹  him all his life, ²  just as they had respected ³  Moses.

Joshua 4:24

4:24 He has done this so ⁴  all the nations ⁵  of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power ⁶  and so you might always obey ⁷  the Lord your God.”

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ⁸  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 10:8

10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. ⁹  Not one of them can resist you.” ¹⁰ 

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹¹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ¹²  See, I am handing over to you ¹³  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁴  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn ¹⁵  their chariots.”

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹⁶  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ¹⁷  the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹⁸  obey ¹⁹  the Lord and worship ²⁰  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ²¹  worshiped ²²  beyond the Euphrates ²³  and in Egypt and worship ²⁴  the Lord.

Joshua 9:24

9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects ²⁵  how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified ²⁶  we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “feared.”

[4:14]  ² tn Heb “all the days of his life.”

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “had feared.”

[4:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “in order that.”

[4:24]  ⁵ tn Or “peoples.”

[4:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”

[4:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “fear.”

[10:2]  ⁷ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[10:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[10:25]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[11:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[22:25]  ²² tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ²³ tn Heb “fearing.”

[24:14]  ²⁵ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ²⁷ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ²⁹ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ³¹ tn Or “and serve.”

[9:24]  ²⁸ tn Heb “your servants.”

[9:24]  ²⁹ tn Or “we were very afraid.”