Numbers 13:20

13:20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, ¹  and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the time of year ²  for the first ripe grapes. ³ 

Deuteronomy 31:6

31:6 Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”

Joshua 1:6-7

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. ⁴  1:7 Make sure you are ⁵  very strong and brave! Carefully obey ⁶  all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! ⁷  Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful ⁸  in all you do. ⁹ 

Joshua 1:9

1:9 I repeat, ¹⁰  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ¹¹  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ¹² 

Joshua 1:18

1:18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. ¹³  But ¹⁴  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:

Joshua 14:6

14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. ¹⁵ 

Joshua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ¹⁶  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ¹⁷  them, as the Lord promised.”

Joshua 17:1-2

17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. ¹⁸  The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. ¹⁹  They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. ²⁰  17:2 The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land ²¹  by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

Joshua 1:7

1:7 Make sure you are ²²  very strong and brave! Carefully obey ²³  all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! ²⁴  Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful ²⁵  in all you do. ²⁶ 

Nehemiah 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ²⁷  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ²⁸  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ²⁹ 

Hebrews 13:6

13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ³⁰  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ³¹ 

[13:20]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hitpael perfect with vav (ו) consecutive, from the root חָזַק (khazaq, “to be strong”). Here it could mean “strengthen yourselves” or “be courageous” or “determined.” See further uses in 2 Sam 10:12; 1 Kgs 20:22; 1 Chr 19:13.

[13:20]  ² tn Heb “Now the days were the days of.”

[13:20]  ³ sn The reference to the first ripe grapes would put the time somewhere at the end of July.

[1:6]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or “Only be.”

[1:7]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “commanded you.”

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:9]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ¹² tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:18]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[14:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”

[14:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

[14:12]  ¹⁷ tn Or “will dispossess.”

[17:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”

[17:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”

[17:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”

[17:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “and it belonged to the sons of Manasseh who remained.”

[1:7]  ²² tn Or “Only be.”

[1:7]  ²³ 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]  ²⁴ tn Heb “commanded you.”

[1:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[4:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “And I saw.”

[4:14]  ²⁸ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[4:14]  ²⁹ tn Heb “houses.”

[13:6]  ³⁰ tc Some important mss (א* C* P 0285^vid 33 1175 1739 pc lat) lack καί (kai), but because the omission conforms to the wording of Ps 118:6 (117:6 LXX), it is suspect.

[13:6]  ³¹ sn A quotation from Ps 118:6.