“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for HaShem thy G-d is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'” — read online, free, in the JPS 1917 translation.
Read in context: Joshua chapter 1 (full chapter) · JPS 1917 translation (public domain)
“Be strong and of a good courage… for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Also read in the Bible (KJV): Joshua 1:9 → · Why do two versions of this verse exist?
God's charge to Joshua as Moses' successor, leading Israel into the land. The command to be strong appears three times in the chapter — courage grounded in the promise of God's presence.
This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation — the classic public domain English rendering of the Hebrew Bible.
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