Joshua 1:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth; but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte, that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytte therin: Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies, and deale wysely.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let not this booke of the Law depart out of thy mouth, but meditate therin day & night, that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou haue good successe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but occupie thy minde therein day & night, that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all yt is written therein: For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt do wisely.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:15 : 15 I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.
  • Ps 19:14 : 14 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'
  • John 14:21 : 21 The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart. 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Deut 29:9 : 9 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all day long.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.
  • Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding, 3 if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
  • Deut 11:18-19 : 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh, that their hearts would always fear Me and keep all My commands, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to obey all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.
  • Ps 119:42-43 : 42 Then I will answer those who taunt me, for I trust in Your word. 43 Do not take the word of truth completely from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
  • Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers. 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.
  • Deut 5:32-6:3 : 32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or the left. 33 Walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land you will possess. 1 These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess. 2 So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged. 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey, so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
  • Deut 30:14 : 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can do it.
  • Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps will not falter.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
  • 1 Tim 4:14-16 : 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • Deut 31:11 : 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.'
  • Ps 40:10 : 10 I have proclaimed Your righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, You know this.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the LORD. My Spirit, who is upon you, and My words, that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children or your children's children, from now on and forever, says the LORD.
  • Deut 17:18-19 : 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. 19 It shall remain with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes to follow them.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    5No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor abandon you.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    79%

    3Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.

  • Ps 1:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night.

    3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.

  • Josh 1:9
    77%

    9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

  • Deut 29:9
    77%

    9All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:12-13
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    76%

    12Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

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    74%

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    2 verses
    74%

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    3 verses
    74%

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    20In this way, his heart will not become proud above his fellow Israelites, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left. He and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

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    73%

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  • Deut 30:10
    73%

    10if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.

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  • Deut 28:1-2
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  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
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    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

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    6Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to revere Him.

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    40Keep His statutes and commandments that I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

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    72%

    14No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can do it.

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Deut 30:16
    71%

    16For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

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    71%

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  • Deut 11:22
    71%

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  • Deut 28:12-15
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    71%

    12The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

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    14You must not turn aside from any of the words I am commanding you today, neither to the right nor to the left, to follow other gods and serve them.

    15But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart.

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  • Deut 31:6
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  • Deut 15:5
    71%

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  • 1 Kgs 8:61
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    70%

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    70%

    18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

  • Deut 7:11
    70%

    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

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