Joshua 23:14

Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Joshua, old and near death, addresses the elders and leaders of Israel in a final charge after the conquest of Canaan.

The words — הִנֵּה (hinnēh, "behold!") marks the pivot from warning to testimony; הוֹלֵךְ (hōlēkh, "going") in "the way of all the earth" is a fixed idiom for approaching death.

The thread — David uses the identical phrase in 1 Kings 2:2, and the logic of fulfilled promise mirrors the conditional structure of Leviticus 26:3.

Why it lands — In context the verse is not a comfort but a warning: the same faithfulness that delivered the land will execute the judgment if the covenant is broken. It asks the reader to hold blessing and curse as two faces of one reliable God.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִנֵּ֨הve./hi.Nehand/ here!אָנֹכִ֤י'a.no.KhiI הוֹלֵךְ֙ho.leKh[am] about to go הַיּ֔וֹםhai./Yomthis/ day בְּדֶ֖רֶךְbe./De.rekhin/ [the] way of כָּל־kol-all הָאָ֑רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ earth וִידַעְתֶּ֞םvi./da'.Temand/ you know בְּכָל־be./kholwith/ all לְבַבְכֶ֣םle.vav./Khemheart/ your וּבְכָל־u./ve./Khol-and/ with/ all נַפְשְׁכֶ֗םnaf.she./Khembeing/ your כִּ֣יkithat לֹֽא־lo'-not נָפַל֩na.Falit has fallen דָּבָ֨רda.Vara word אֶחָ֜ד'e.Chadone מִכֹּ֣ל׀mi./Kolof/ all הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha./de.va.Rimthe/ words הַטּוֹבִ֗יםha./to.Vim<the>/ good אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhich דִּבֶּ֜רdi.Berhe spoke יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei./Khemon/ you הַכֹּל֙ha./Kol<the>/ everything בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey have comeלָכֶ֔םla./Khemto <the>/ youלֹֽא־lo'-not נָפַ֥לna.Falit has fallen מִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me./nuof/ it דָּבָ֥רda.Vara word אֶחָֽד׃'e.Chadone

King James Version

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Cross-references

Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
1 Kings 2:2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
Leviticus 26:3 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
Joshua 21:43 Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
1 Samuel 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.