King James Version
Joshua 21:45 in the King James Version says “There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.”
Joshua 21:45 · KJV
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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.
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“There failed”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“not ought”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“not ought”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of any good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“had spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“which the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“unto the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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