Joshua 1:5

“No man shall stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not let you go or abandon you.”
Joshua 1:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Noלֹאmanאִישׁshall standיִתְיַצֵּבbefore youלְפָנֶיךָallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof your life.חַיֶּיךָJust asכַּאֲשֶׁרI wasהָיִיתִיwithעִםMoses,מֹשֶׁהI will beאֶהְיֶהwith you;עִמָּךְI will notלֹאlet you goאַרְפְּךָorוְלֹאabandon you.אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ

Quotation · Hebrews 13:5

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In Joshua 1:5 YHWH says it in the first person, as in Hebrews: “I will not let you go or abandon you.”

Formula: αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν “for he himself has said” (Hebrews 13:5)

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος ἀρκούμενοι τοῖς παροῦσιν αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν Οὐ μή σε ἀνῶ οὐδ’ οὐ μή σε ἐγκαταλίπω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ לֹא אַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Joshua 1:5, word by word

manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears

shall standיִתְיַצֵּבyityatsev

take one's stand

Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.

Where else “yityatsev” appears

before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fane” appears

the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears

of your lifeחַיֶּיchaye

life

The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.

Where else “chaye” appears

I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayiti” appears

Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears

let you goאַרְפְּarp

let go

To let go, leave: "let me go".

Where else “arp” appears

abandon youאֶעֶזְבֶeezve

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “eezve” appears

Translation note

Hebrews 13:5 quotes this promise.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Hebrews 13:5

In Joshua 1:5 YHWH says it in the first person, as in Hebrews: “I will not let you go or abandon you.”

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Joshua 1:5

⁵No man shall stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not let you go or abandon you.

Hebrews 13:5

⁵Let your conduct be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for he himself has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever abandon you.

The context

4From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory.

5 · This verse (above)

6Be strong and firm, for you will make this people inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.

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