Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?
New American Standard Bible
So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “
King James Version
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Holman Bible
So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?
International Standard Version
So Joshua told the Israelis, "How long will you delay invading and taking possession of the land that the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?
A Conservative Version
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
American Standard Version
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?
Amplified
So Joshua asked them, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Bible in Basic English
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Julia Smith Translation
And Joshua will say to the sons of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers gave to you?
King James 2000
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long will you hesitate to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joshua said to the {Israelites}, "{How long} [will] you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has given you?
Modern King James verseion
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you fail to go in to possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers has given you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, "How long are ye so slack to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
NET Bible
So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
New Heart English Bible
Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
The Emphasized Bible
So Joshua said unto the sons of Israel, - How long, will ye be too slothful, to enter in and take possession of the land, which Yahweh God of your fathers, hath given unto you?
Webster
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
World English Bible
Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Youngs Literal Translation
and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers?
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 18:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Last Of The Land Is Divided
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not been distributed to them. 3 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 18:9
They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very fertile. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, and enter in and possess the land.
Proverbs 2:2-6
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
Proverbs 10:4
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Zephaniah 3:16
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; Zion, let not thy hands be slack.
Matthew 20:6
But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
John 6:27
Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;