Joshua 23:3
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New International Version (©2011)
You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

New Living Translation (©2007)
You have seen everything the LORD your God has done for you during my lifetime. The LORD your God has fought for you against your enemies.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the LORD your God is He who has been fighting for you.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and you have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your account, because it was the LORD your God who was fighting for you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all of these nations on your behalf, because it has been the LORD your God who has been fighting on your behalf.

NET Bible (©2006)
You saw everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the LORD your God fights for you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
You have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all those nations. The LORD your God fought for you!

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you.

American King James Version
And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you.

American Standard Version
and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you see all that the Lord your God hath done to all the nations round about, how he himself hath fought for you:

Darby Bible Translation
and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you. For Jehovah your God is he that hath fought for you.

English Revised Version
and ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God, he it is that hath fought for you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

World English Bible
You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye -- ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God is He who is fighting for you;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:1-10 Joshua was old and dying, let them observe what he said now. He put them in mind of the great things God had done for them in his days. He exhorted them to be very courageous. Keep with care, do with diligence, and regard with sincerity what is written. Also, very cautiously to endeavour that the heathen idolatry may be forgotten, so that it may never be revived. It is sad that among Christians the names of the heathen gods are so commonly used, and made so familiar as they are. Joshua exhorts them to be very constant. There might be many things amiss among them, but they had not forsaken the Lord their God; the way to make people better, is to make the best of them.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - Because of you. Literally, before you.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all those nations because of you,.... How he had destroyed them, and driven them out of their habitations to make room for them, meaning the seven nations of the Canaanites:

for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you; Joshua does not attribute any of the things that were done to his own valour, nor theirs, nor so much as mentions himself or them as instruments, but wholly ascribes all to the Lord, who fought their battles for them, and conquered their enemies, and subdued them under them; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord fought for you;''the Captain of the host of the Lord, Joshua 5:14.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Jos 23:3. By Former Benefits.

3. ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you—The modesty and humility of Joshua are remarkably displayed at the commencement of this address. Dismissing all thoughts of his personal services, he ascribed the subjugation and occupation of Canaan entirely to the favoring presence and aid of God; and in doing so, he spoke not more piously than truly. This had been promised (De 1:30; 3:22); and the reality of the divine aid was seen in the rapid overthrow of the Canaanites, which had already led to the division of the whole land among the tribes [Jos 23:4].

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Joshua's Charge to Leaders
1And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age: 3And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you. …

Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."
Deuteronomy 1:30 The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
Joshua 23:10 One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised.
Ezekiel 20:28 When I brought them into the land I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings.