Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. New Living Translation They answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us. English Standard Version And they answered Joshua, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Berean Standard Bible So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. King James Bible And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. New King James Version So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. New American Standard Bible They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. NASB 1995 They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. NASB 1977 And they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Legacy Standard Bible And they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Amplified Bible They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Christian Standard Bible They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. Holman Christian Standard Bible They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the sons of Rubil and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasheh answered and they said to Yeshua: “All that you commanded us we shall do, and wherever you will send us we will go Brenton Septuagint Translation And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which thou commandest us, and we will go to every place whither thou shalt send us. Contemporary English Version The men answered: We'll cross the Jordan River and help our relatives. We'll fight anywhere you send us. 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. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people responded to Joshua, "We'll do everything you tell us and go wherever you send us. Good News Translation They answered Joshua, "We will do everything you have told us and will go anywhere you send us. International Standard Version "We'll do everything that you commanded," they replied. "We'll go wherever you send us. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they answered Joshua, saying: 'All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. Literal Standard Version And they answer Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we do; and to every [place] to where you send us, we go; Majority Standard Bible So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. New American Bible They answered Joshua, “We will do all you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us. NET Bible They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us. New Revised Standard Version They answered Joshua: “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. New Heart English Bible They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send 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; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joshua Takes Charge…15until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.” 16So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. 17Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.… Cross References Joshua 1:15 until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan." Joshua 1:17 Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses. Treasury of Scripture And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. Numbers 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Deuteronomy 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. Romans 13:1-5 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God… Jump to Previous Commanded Commandest Joshua Sendest Whatever Wherever Whither WhithersoeverJump to Next Commanded Commandest Joshua Sendest Whatever Wherever Whither WhithersoeverJoshua 1 1. The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed Moses3. The borders of the promised land 5. God promises to assist Joshua 8. He gives him instructions 10. Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan 12. He puts the two tribes and a half in mind of their promise to Moses 16. They promise him allegiance (16) They answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do.--This promise of obedience may be taken as the reply of the whole people to Joshua's orders, not that of the two and a half tribes alone. It is remarkable that they repeat to him the words of Jehovah, as most appropriate in their judgment: "Be strong and of a good courage" (Joshua 1:18). 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. |