JOS 1:8 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. לֹא
2. 143402
3. Not
4. -
5. 3808
6. S-Tn
7. not
8. S
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99203
2. 143403
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 99204
1. יָמוּשׁ
2. 143404
3. it will depart
4. -
5. 4185
6. V-Vqi3ms
7. it_will_depart
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99205
1. סֵפֶר
2. 143405
3. the book of
4. -
6. S-Ncmsc
7. the_book_of
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99206
1. הַ,תּוֹרָה
2. 143406,143407
3. the law
4. -
5. 8451
6. S-Td,Ncfsa
7. of,the_law
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99207
1. הַ,זֶּה
2. 143408,143409
3. the this
4. -
5. 2088
6. S-Td,Pdxms
7. the=this
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99208
1. מִ,פִּי,ךָ
2. 143410,143411,143412
3. from mouth of your
4. -
5. 6310
6. S-R,Ncmsc,Sp2ms
7. from,mouth_of,your
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99209
1. וְ,הָגִיתָ
2. 143413,143414
3. and you will meditate
4. meditate
5. 1897
6. SV-C,Vqq2ms
7. and,you_will_meditate
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99210
1. בּ,וֹ
2. 143415,143416
3. in/on/over him/it
4. -
6. S-R,Sp3ms
7. in/on/over=him/it
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99211
1. יוֹמָם
2. 143417
3. by day
4. day
5. 3119
6. S-D
7. by_day
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99212
1. וָ,לַיְלָה
2. 143418,143419
3. and night
4. night
5. 3915
6. S-C,Ncmsa
7. and,night
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99213
1. לְמַעַן
2. 143420
3. so that
4. -
5. 4616
6. S-R
7. so_that
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99214
1. תִּשְׁמֹר
2. 143421
3. you may take care
4. -
5. 8104
6. V-Vqi2ms
7. you_may_take_care
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99215
1. לַ,עֲשׂוֹת
2. 143422,143423
3. for doing
4. -
6. SV-R,Vqc
7. for=doing
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99216
1. כְּ,כָל
2. 143424,143425
3. according to every of
4. everything
5. 3605
6. S-R,Ncmsc
7. according,to_every_of
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99217
2. 143426
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 99218
1. הַ,כָּתוּב
2. 143427,143428
3. (the) thing written
4. written
5. 3789
6. SV-Td,Vqsmsa
7. (the)_[thing],written
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99219
1. בּ,וֹ
2. 143429,143430
3. in/on/over him/it
4. -
6. S-R,Sp3ms
7. in/on/over=him/it
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99220
1. כִּי
2. 143431
3. if/because
4. because
6. S-C
7. if/because
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99221
2. 143432
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 99222
1. אָז
2. 143433
3. then
4. -
6. S-D
7. then
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99223
1. תַּצְלִיחַ
2. 143434
3. you will make successful
4. -
6. V-Vhi2ms
7. you_will_make_successful
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99224
1. אֶת
2. 143435
3. DOM
4. That
5. 853
6. O-To
7. DOM
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99225
2. 143436
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 99226
1. דְּרָכֶ,ךָ
2. 143437,143438
3. ways of your
4. ways
5. 1870
6. O-Ncbpc,Sp2ms
7. ways_of,your
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99227
1. וְ,אָז
2. 143439,143440
3. and then
4. -
6. S-C,D
7. and,then
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99228
1. תַּשְׂכִּיל
2. 143441
3. you will be successful
4. -
6. V-Vhi2ms
7. you_will_be_successful
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99229
2. 143442
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 99230

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:1–9 Yahweh spoke to Joshua

In this section Yahweh commanded Joshua to lead the Israelites into the land that he had promised them. He told Joshua that no enemy would be able to oppose him, and that he must obey the law which Yahweh gave to Moses. Joshua told the Israelites to prepare to cross the Jordan River.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Yahweh told Joshua to be strong and courageous

Yahweh told Joshua to lead the people across the Jordan River

Paragraph 1:6–9

God encouraged Joshua to be brave and to be faithful to the law.

1:8a

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth;

Never stop reading this book of the law.
Always remember what is written in this law book.

This Book of the Law: The phrase This Book of the Law refers to “all the law” in 1:7b.

must not depart from your mouth: The clause must not depart from your mouth means that Joshua should always think about the law of Yahweh. He could do this by reading it and speaking it out loud.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Never stop reading this Book of the Law. (NIRV)

Always remember what is written in this law book

Do not stop reciting these laws

1:8b

meditate on it day and night,

Think about what it says all day and all night.
Say it over to yourself in the day and in the night.

meditate on it: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as meditate can also be translated as “mutter,” or “read in a low voice.” This was a way to keep thinking about something.

day and night: The phrase day and night means always or all the time.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Day and night you must think about what it says (NIRV)

Never stop reciting these teachings (GW)

Study it day and night (NCV)

1:8c

so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Then you will be able to do everything written in it.
Obey everything that it says.

so that you may be careful to do everything written in it: The clause be careful to do everything written in it indicates that Joshua must obey all the laws that Moses wrote down.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Make sure you do everything written in it (NIRV)

Carefully follow every law that Moses wrote

1:8d

For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Then you will be prosperous, and you will have great success.
If you do that then it will go well with you and you will succeed.

For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do: The Hebrew verbs that the BSB translates as will prosper and succeed are similar in meaning. In some languages there may not be two words with such similar meanings. In that case it may be more natural to translate this as “very successful”, or “very prosperous.”

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Then things will go well with you. And you will have great success. (NIRV)

Only then will you prosper and succeed (GW)

If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do (T4T)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֹֽא־יָמ֡וּשׁ סֵפֶר֩ הַ⁠תּוֹרָ֨ה הַ⁠זֶּ֜ה מִ⁠פִּ֗י⁠ךָ

not depart writing of,the_law the=this from,mouth_of,your

Yahweh is using the phrase shall not depart from your mouth by association to mean that Joshua must continually read the book of the law, since people at this time read out loud, even when reading alone, so Joshua would use his mouth to form the words as he read. (However, this is not a command to read only alone. It envisions that Joshua might at times read the law aloud to the people of Israel.) Alternate translation: [You shall not stop reading this book of the law]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

יוֹמָ֣ם וָ⁠לַ֔יְלָה

day and,night

Yahweh is referring to the two main components of time, day and night, to mean “all the time.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [continually]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

תַּצְלִ֥יחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֖⁠ךָ וְ⁠אָ֥ז תַּשְׂכִּֽיל

make_~_prosperous DOM ways_of,your and,then successful

The phrases you will make your ways prosperous and you will succeed mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [you will assuredly be successful]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תַּצְלִ֥יחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֖⁠ךָ

make_~_prosperous DOM ways_of,your

Yahweh is speaking of Joshua’s ways as if they were a living thing that Joshua could make … prosperous. Yahweh is speaking of Joshua’s actions as if they were ways or roads that he was walking on. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you will prosper in what you do]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. Not
2. -
3. 3835
5. 143402
6. S-Tn
8. S
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99203
1. it will depart
2. -
3. 4865
5. 143404
6. V-Vqi3ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99205
1. the book of
2. -
3. 5374
5. 143405
6. S-Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99206
1. the law
2. -
3. 1893,8437
5. 143406,143407
6. S-Td,Ncfsa
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99207
1. the this
2. -
3. 1893,2066
5. 143408,143409
6. S-Td,Pdxms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99208
1. from mouth of your
2. -
3. 4129,6255,1978
5. 143410,143411,143412
6. S-R,Ncmsc,Sp2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99209
1. and you will meditate
2. meditate
3. 1987,1918
5. 143413,143414
6. SV-C,Vqq2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99210
1. in/on/over him/it
2. -
3. 846,1978
5. 143415,143416
6. S-R,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99211
1. by day
2. day
3. 3372
5. 143417
6. S-D
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99212
1. and night
2. night
3. 1987,3780
5. 143418,143419
6. S-C,Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99213
1. so that
2. -
3. 3729
5. 143420
6. S-R
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99214
1. you may take care
2. -
3. 7842
5. 143421
6. V-Vqi2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99215
1. for doing
2. -
3. 3705,6035
5. 143422,143423
6. SV-R,Vqc
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99216
1. according to every of
2. everything
3. 3418,3671
5. 143424,143425
6. S-R,Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99217
1. (the) thing written
2. written
3. 1893,3661
5. 143427,143428
6. SV-Td,Vqsmsa
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99219
1. in/on/over him/it
2. -
3. 846,1978
5. 143429,143430
6. S-R,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99220
1. if/because
2. because
3. 3482
5. 143431
6. S-C
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99221
1. then
2. -
3. 648
5. 143433
6. S-D
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99223
1. you will make successful
2. -
3. 6647
5. 143434
6. V-Vhi2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99224
1. DOM
2. That
3. 347
5. 143435
6. O-To
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99225
1. ways of your
2. ways
3. 1685,1978
5. 143437,143438
6. O-Ncbpc,Sp2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99227
1. and then
2. -
3. 1987,648
5. 143439,143440
6. S-C,D
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99228
1. you will be successful
2. -
3. 8095
5. 143441
6. V-Vhi2ms
8. -
9. Y-1451; TCrossing_the_Jordan_into_Canaan
10. 99229

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear JOS 1:8

Hebrew word order

Section 1:1–9 Yahweh spoke to Joshua

Paragraph 1:6–9

1:8a

1:8b

1:8c

1:8d

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)