King James Version
Joshua 23:8 in the King James Version says “But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. But cleave: or, For if ye will cleave, etc” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. But cleave: or, For if ye will cleave, etc”
Joshua 23:8 · KJV
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. But cleave: or, For if ye will cleave, etc
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. For the LORD: or, Then the LORD will drive
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“But cleave”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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