Joshua 1:3

3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

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Joshua 1:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

English Standard Version (ESV)

3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

New Living Translation (NLT)

3 I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—

The Message Bible (MSG)

3 I'm giving you every square inch of the land you set your foot on - just as I promised Moses.

American Standard Version (ASV)

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

3 I will give you every place on which you set foot, as I promised Moses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

3 "I will give all of you every place you walk on, just as I promised Moses.

Joshua 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 1:3

Every place that the sole of your feet shall tread upon
That is, in the land of Canaan:

that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses:
(See Gill on Deuteronomy 11:24); though the Jews extend this to all without the land subdued by them, and even to all the countries they now tread on, and are exiles in; but the limits of what the Lord gave them are fixed in ( Joshua 1:4 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Joshua 1:3 In-Context

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide:

2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites.

3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

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