Joshua 1:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵהַמִּדְבָּר֩ וְהַלְּבָנ֨וֹן הַזֶּ֜ה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָ֧ר הַגָּד֣וֹל נְהַר־פְּרָ֗ת כֹּ֚ל אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחִתִּ֔ים וְעַד־הַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל מְב֣וֹא הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה גְּבוּלְכֶֽם

Transliteration

From-the midbar and-the Lǝbānôn the-this and-unto-the nāhār the-gādôl nǝhar-Pǝrāt, all ʾerets the-Ḥittîm and-unto-the yām the-gādôl mǝbôʾ the-shāmesh yihyeh gǝbûlkem

Grammar Details

• *midbar*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
• *Lǝbānôn*: proper noun - Lebanon
• *nāhār*: noun, masculine singular - river
• *gādôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/large
• *nǝhar*: noun, masculine singular construct - river of
• *Pǝrāt*: proper noun - Euphrates
• *ʾerets*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Ḥittîm*: proper noun, plural - Hittites
• *yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
• *mǝbôʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct - entrance/going down of
• *shāmesh*: noun, feminine singular - sun
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *gǝbûlkem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your border/territory

Word Meanings

• *midbar*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *nāhār*: river/stream
• *mǝbôʾ*: entrance/setting/going down
• *gǝbûlkem*: your border/territory/boundary

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Your territory will stretch from the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and westward to the Great Sea, where the sun sets.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  From the wilderness,{H4057} and this Lebanon,{H3844} even unto the great{H1419} river,{H5104} the river{H5104} Euphrates,{H6578} all the land{H776} of the Hittites,{H2850} and unto the great{H1419} sea{H3220} toward the going down{H3996} of the sun,{H8121} shall be your border.{H1366}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  From the wilderness{H4057} and this Lebanon{H3844} even unto the great{H1419} river{H5104}, the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}, all the land{H776} of the Hittites{H2850}, and unto the great{H1419} sea{H3220} toward the going down{H3996} of the sun{H8121}, shall be your coast{H1366}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates: all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west, shal be youre border.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  From the wildernesse and this Lebanon euen vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath: all the land of the Hittites, euen vnto the great Sea towarde the going downe of the sunne, shalbe your coast.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  From the wyldernesse and this Libanon, vnto the great riuer Euphrates, all the lande of the Hethites, euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne, shalbe your coast.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.

• World English Bible (2000)

  From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east(including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:31 : 31 And I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
• Num 34:2-9 : 2 Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:) 3 Then your southern quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom, and your southern border shall be the outermost coast of the salt sea eastward. 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin, and the going forth of it shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon. 5 And the border shall turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the termination of it shall be at the sea. 6 As for the western border, you shall have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall designate for yourselves Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you shall designate your border to the entrance of Hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad. 9 And the border shall extend to Ziphron, and the termination of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. 10 And you shall designate your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham. 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border shall descend and reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward. 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination of it shall be at the Salt Sea: this shall be your land with its boundaries all around. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:' 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise. 16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance.
• Deut 1:7 : 7 Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley, and in the south, and by the sea, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.
• Deut 3:25 : 25 I pray you, let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon.
• Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place where the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall be your territory.
• Gen 15:18-21 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
• 1 Chr 5:9 : 9 And eastward he inhabited to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
• 1 Chr 18:3 : 3 And David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.