Joshua 1:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַק֩ חֲזַ֨ק וֶֽאֱמַ֜ץ מְאֹ֗ד לִשְׁמֹ֤ר לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוְּךָ֙ מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְדִּ֔י אַל־תָּס֥וּר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֔יל בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֵֽךְ

Transliteration

Only ḥazaq and-ʾĕmats mǝʾōd to-lishmōr to-laʿăśôt as-all-the tôrāh which tsiwwǝkā Mōsheh ʿabdî not-tāsûr from-it right and-left so-that taśkîl in-all which tēlēk

Grammar Details

*ḥazaq*: qal imperative masculine singular - be strong
*ʾĕmats*: qal imperative masculine singular - be courageous
*mǝʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*lishmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do/perform
*tôrāh*: noun, feminine singular - law/instruction
*tsiwwǝkā*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - he commanded you
*Mōsheh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʿabdî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my servant
*tāsûr*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you turn aside
*taśkîl*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will be successful/prosper
*tēlēk*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will go/walk

Word Meanings

*ḥazaq*: be strong/strengthen/prevail
*ʾĕmats*: be courageous/brave/resolute
*lishmōr*: to keep/observe/guard
*laʿăśôt*: to do/perform/accomplish
*tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching
*tāsûr*: turn aside/depart/deviate
*taśkîl*: be successful/act wisely/prosper

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Josh 11:15 : 15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Deut 28:14 : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deut 29:9 : 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Deut 31:7 : 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Josh 1:1 : 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Josh 1:8 : 8 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.
1 Kgs 2:3 : 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Prov 8:20 : 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Num 27:23 : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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