King James Version
Joshua 1:3 in the King James Version says “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.”
Joshua 1:3 · KJV
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Every place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“shall tread upon”
H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
“that the sole”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“of your foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“that have I given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto you as I said”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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