6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
6 Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors.
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
6 "Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 1:6
Commentary on Joshua 1:5-9
(Read Joshua 1:5-9)
Joshua is to make the law of God his rule. He is charged to meditate therein day and night, that he might understand it. Whatever affairs of this world we have to mind, we must not neglect the one thing needful. All his orders to the people, and his judgments, must be according to the law of God. Joshua must himself be under command; no man's dignity or dominion sets him above the law of God. He is to encourage himself with the promise and presence of God. Let not the sense of thine own infirmities dishearten thee; God is all-sufficient. I have commanded, called, and commissioned thee to do it, and will be sure to bear thee out in it. When we are in the way of duty, we have reason to be strong and very bold. Our Lord Jesus, as Joshua here, was borne up under his sufferings by a regard to the will of God, and the commandment from his Father.