Joshua 1:16
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New International Version (©2011)
Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They answered Joshua, "We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they answered Joshua, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They answered Joshua, "Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"We'll do everything that you commanded," they replied. "We'll go wherever you send us.

NET Bible (©2006)
They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The people responded to Joshua, "We'll do everything you tell us and go wherever you send us.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

American King James Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

American Standard Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast commanded us we will do; and whithersoever thou shalt send us, we will go.

Darby Bible Translation
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us will we do, and whither thou shalt send us will we go.

English Revised Version
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

World English Bible
They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Young's Literal Translation
And they answer Joshua, saying, 'All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every place whither thou dost send us, we go;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:16-18 The people of Israel engage to obey Joshua; All that thou commandest us to do we will readily do, without murmuring or disputing, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. The best we can ask of God for our magistrates, is, that they may have the presence of God; that will make them blessings to us, so that in seeking this for them, we consult our own interest. May we be enabled to enlist under the banner of the Captain of our salvation, to be obedient to his commands, and to fight the good fight of faith, with all that trust in and love his name, against all who oppose his authority; for whoever refuses to obey him must be destroyed.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - And they answered Joshua, saying. We may compare this joyful willingness with the murmurings of the people in the wilderness, and their rebellion after the death of those who led them into the promised land (cf. Joshua 24:31 with Judges 2:10, 11, etc.). Obedience is easy when all goes well with us, and when it makes no demand upon our faith. The Israelites murmured when the promise was as yet unfulfilled. They rebelled against God when obedience entailed serf sacrifice. But now all was hope and eagerness. So it is often with the young Christian at the outset of life's battle, before he has begun to realise the exertion and self denial that can alone ensure him victory.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they answered Joshua,.... The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, the heads of them, such as were deputed for that purpose, and were their mouths to him:

saying, all that thou commandest we will do; with respect to this affair of going over Jordan with their brethren, to assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan:

and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go; in what position he would have them be in the army, and to whatsoever part of the country he should send them to subdue, and to whatsoever city he should order them to besiege.

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

1:16 And they answered - Not the two tribes and an half only, but the officers of all the people, in their name, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them. Thus must we swear allegiance to our Lord Jesus, as the captain of our salvation.

Joshua 1:16 Parallel Commentaries
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Joshua Takes Charge
…15Until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rise. 16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. 17According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

Joshua 1:15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."
Joshua 1:17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses.