Ulangan 31:6-7

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!” 31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua ¹  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, ²  and you will enable them to inherit it.

Ulangan 31:23

31:23 and the Lord ³  commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.” ⁴ 

Yosua 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 

Yosua 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:

Yosua 1:10

Joshua Prepares for the Invasion

1:10 Joshua instructed ¹⁹  the leaders of the people:

Yosua 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:

Yesaya 35:4

35:4 Tell those who panic, ²⁰ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ²¹ 

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ²²  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ²³  for you have given me strength.”

Zakharia 8:9

8:9 “The Lord who rules over all also says, ‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, ²⁴  so that the temple might be built.

Zakharia 8:23

8:23 The Lord who rules over all says, ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of – indeed, grab – the robe of one Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’” ²⁵ 

Efesus 6:10

Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare

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

Efesus 6:2

6:2 “Honor your father and mother,” ²⁶  which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Titus 2:1

Conduct Consistent with Sound Teaching

2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with ²⁷  sound teaching.

[31:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:7]  ² tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).

[31:23]  ³ tn Heb “he.” Since the pronoun could be taken to refer to Moses, the referent has been specified as “the Lord” in the translation for clarity. See also the note on the word “you” later in this verse.

[31:23]  ⁴ tc The LXX reads, “as the Lord promised them, and he will be with you.” This relieves the problem of Moses apparently promising to be with Joshua as the MT reads on the surface (“I will be with you”). However, the reading of the LXX is clearly an attempt to clarify an existing obscurity and therefore is unlikely to reflect the original.

[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]  sn This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.

[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.”

[1:10]  ¹⁹ tn Or “commanded.”

[35:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ²¹ tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[10:19]  ²² tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ²³ tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[8:9]  ²⁴ sn These prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all included at least Haggai and Zechariah, and perhaps others. The founding referred to here is not the initial laying of the temple’s foundations in 536 b.c. (Ezra 3:8) but the resumption of work two years before the time of the present narrative (i.e., in 520 b.c.), as vv. 10-12 make clear.

[8:23]  ²⁵ sn This scene of universal and overwhelming attraction of the nations to Israel’s God finds initial fulfillment in the establishment of the church (Acts 2:5-11) but ultimate completion in the messianic age (Isa 45:14, 24; 60:14; Zech 14:16-21).

[6:2]  ²⁶ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12 and Deut 5:16.

[2:1]  ²⁷ tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).