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Joshua 10:25
“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua speaks to the Israelite army commanders at the moment the five defeated kings are brought before him, following the commanders' act of placing their feet on the kings' necks.
The words — תִּֽירְא֖וּ (ti.re.'U) translates literally as "you be afraid," and חִזְק֣וּ (chiz.Ku) means "be strong," forming the core imperative pair that drives the exhortation.
The thread — The command to be strong and courageous recurs in Joshua 1:9, where God issues the identical directive to Joshua before the conquest. The supplied notes also list 2 Corinthians 1:10 and Ephesians 6:10, though those passages address divine deliverance and spiritual power rather than repeating the conquest-era strength command.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate resolve from military leaders by grounding their courage in the certainty that Yahweh will extend the same judgment they just enacted to every remaining enemy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Cross-references
- Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- 1 Samuel 17:37 David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
- Deuteronomy 7:19 the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- Deuteronomy 3:21 And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Psalms 63:9 But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.