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Joshua 18:3

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

KJV

Ad quos Josue ait : Usquequo marcetis ignavia, et non intratis ad possidendam terram, quam Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum dedit vobis ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ Ἕως τίνος ἐκλυθήσεσθε κληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν ἣν ἔδωκεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν;

LXX

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַד אָ֨נָה֙ אַתֶּ֣ם מִתְרַפִּ֔ים לָ/בוֹא֙ לָ/רֶ֣שֶׁת אֶת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ נָתַ֣ן לָ/כֶ֔ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָ֣נָה
'nh
adverb · 43×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ֖
k
verb · 46×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 1:10 — Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • Judg 18:9 — And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
  • Judg 18:9 — And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
  • Matt 20:6 — And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
  • Phil 3:13 — Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
  • Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
  • Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
  • Zeph 3:16 — In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.