Joshua 23:1
New International Version
After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,

New Living Translation
The years passed, and the LORD had given the people of Israel rest from all their enemies. Joshua, who was now very old,

English Standard Version
A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

Berean Standard Bible
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

King James Bible
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

New King James Version
Now it came to pass, a long time after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua was old, advanced in age.

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

NASB 1995
Now it came about after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

NASB 1977
Now it came about after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after many days, after Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

Amplified Bible
A long time after that, when the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years,

Christian Standard Bible
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, Joshua was old, advanced in age.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, Joshua was old, getting on in years.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And after many days LORD JEHOVAH gave rest to Israel from all their enemies who surrounded them. And Yeshua was old and advanced in years

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD let Israel live in peace with its neighbors for a long time, and Joshua lived to a ripe old age.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when a long time was passed, after that the Lord had given peace to Israel, all the nations round about being subdued, and Josue being now old, and far advanced in years:

English Revised Version
And it came to pass after many days, when the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A long time afterward, the LORD gave the Israelites peace with all their enemies around them. Joshua was old, near the end of his life.

Good News Translation
Much later the LORD gave Israel security from their enemies around them. By that time Joshua was very old,

International Standard Version
Many years later, after the LORD had given peace between Israel and all its surrounding enemies, and after Joshua had become very old,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass after many days, when the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass, many days after that YHWH has given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

Majority Standard Bible
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

New American Bible
Many years later, after the LORD had given the Israelites rest from all their enemies round about them, and when Joshua was old and advanced in years,

NET Bible
A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

New Revised Standard Version
A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

New Heart English Bible
It happened after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on all sides, that Joshua became old and advanced in age.

World English Bible
After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

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Context
Joshua's Charge to Leaders
1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years, 2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,…

Cross References
Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Isaiah 63:14
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

the Lord

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Joshua 22:4
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

waxed old

Joshua 13:1
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Deuteronomy 31:2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

stricken in age [heb] come into days

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1. Joshua's exhortation before his death
3. by former benefits
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XXIII.

JOSHUA'S LAST CHARGE.

(a) To the rulers (Joshua 23).

(b) To the people (Joshua 24 to Joshua 24:25).

(a) To THE RULERS.

(1) Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.--The same expression employed in Joshua 13:1. It is possible that we ought to translate thus: "It came to pass, a long time after the Lord had given rest . . . and (after) Joshua had grown old, advanced in days, that Joshua called . . ." Or it may be that we have here, as it were, "the two evenings" of Joshua's life: the early evening, when his sun began to decline--the afternoon; and the late evening, just before its glorious setting in the service of Jehovah on earth, to "serve Him day and night in His temple."

(Our Lord fed the five thousand between the two evenings--Matthew 14:15; Matthew 14:23. So Joshua gave Israel their inheritance between the two evenings of his life.) . . .

Verse 1. - Waxed old and stricken in age. Literally, was old, advanced in days (see Joshua 13:1). But this refers to a more advanced age still, when the patriarch felt his powers failing him, and desired, as far as his influence went, to preserve the Israelites in the path in which they had walked since their entrance into Canaan. Calvin has some good remarks on the "pious solicitude" shown by the aged warrior for those whom he had led in time of war and guided in time of peace. He seems to have sent for the chief men in Israel to his home at Timnath-Serah, where apparently he had led a retired and peaceful life, only coming forward to direct the affairs of the nation when necessity required. His address is simple and practical. He reminds them that they will soon lose the benefit of his experience and authority, and of the work that he had done, under God's direction, in settling them in the land. Then he proceeds to urge strict obedience to the law of God, reminding them that victory is assured to them, if they will but be true to themselves and their calling as the servants of God, but that as certainly as they neglect to do so, wrath and misery will be their portion. He emphasizes his words by reminding them how amply God had fulfilled his promise, and concludes with a picture of the evil which will befall them if they rebel against God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A long
רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

time
מִיָּמִ֣ים (mî·yā·mîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

after
אַ֠חֲרֵי (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

the LORD
יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had given Israel
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

rest
הֵנִ֨יחַ (hê·nî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

from all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the enemies
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

around them,
מִסָּבִ֑יב (mis·sā·ḇîḇ)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

when Joshua
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (wî·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

was old
זָקֵ֔ן (zā·qên)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2205: Old

[and] advanced
בָּ֖א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

in years,
בַּיָּמִֽים׃ (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day


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