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So here I am today, eighty-five years old! <a href="/nlt/joshua/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. <a href="/esv/joshua/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. <a href="/bsb/joshua/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, <a href="/kjv/joshua/14.htm">King James Bible</a> And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/14.htm">New King James Version</a> And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. <a href="/nasb/joshua/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. <a href="/lsb/joshua/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So now behold, Yahweh has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; so now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. <a href="/amp/joshua/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And now, look, the LORD has let me live, just as He said, these forty-five years since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, look at me, I am eighty-five years old today. <a href="/csb/joshua/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “As you see, the LORD has kept me alive these forty-five years as he promised, since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, eighty-five years old. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As you see, the LORD has kept me alive these 45 years as He promised, since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, 85 years old. <a href="/asv/joshua/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. <a href="/cev/joshua/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Joshua, it was 45 years ago that the LORD told Moses to make that promise, and now I am 85. Even though Israel has moved from place to place in the desert, the LORD has kept me alive all this time as he said he would. <a href="/erv/joshua/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. <a href="/gwt/joshua/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "So look at me. The LORD has kept me alive as he promised. It's been 45 years since Israel wandered in the desert when the LORD made this promise to Moses. So now look at me today. I'm 85 years old. <a href="/gnt/joshua/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me alive ever since. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old <a href="/isv/joshua/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Look how the LORD has let me survive, as you can see, these 45 years since the time when the LORD said this through Moses, while Israel was wandering through the wilderness. And look! I'm here today—my eighty-fifth birthday! <a href="/msb/joshua/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, <a href="/net/joshua/14.htm">NET Bible</a> So now, look, the LORD has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the LORD spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. <a href="/nheb/joshua/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now, look, the LORD has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, look, I am eighty-five years old, today. <a href="/wbt/joshua/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day eighty five years old. <a href="/web/joshua/14.htm">World English Bible</a> “Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And now, behold, YHWH has kept me alive, as He has spoken, these forty-five years, since YHWH spoke this word to Moses when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, behold, I [am] a son of eighty-five years today; <a href="/ylt/joshua/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And, now, lo, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am to-day a son of five and eighty years; <a href="/slt/joshua/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now, behold, Jehovah preserved me alive as he spake this forty and five years, from the time Jehovah spake this word to Moses, when Israel went in the desert: and now, behold me this day the son of five and eighty years.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old, <a href="/cpdv/joshua/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, the Lord has granted life to me, just as he promised, even to the present day. It has been forty-five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel was wandering through the wilderness. Today, I am eighty-five years old, <a href="/nabre/joshua/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Now, as he promised, the LORD has preserved me these forty-five years since the LORD spoke thus to Moses while Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now I am eighty-five years old, <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And now, as you see, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel was journeying through the wilderness; and here I am today, eighty-five years old.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And now, behold, the LORD has given us rest, as he said; behold, it is forty-five years since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day eighty-five years old, <a href="/hpbt/joshua/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And now, behold, LORD JEHOVAH has given rest to us just as he said. Behold, it is now forty and five years from when LORD JEHOVAH said this word to Moshe: "Israel shall walk in the wilderness”, and now I am today a son of eighty and five years<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. <a href="/sep/joshua/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now the Lord has kept me alive as he said: this is the forty-fifth year since the Lord spoke that word to Moses; and Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. <a href="/parallel/joshua/14-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=3718" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/14.htm">Caleb Requests Hebron</a> …9On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ 10<a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bêr (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">the LORD promised,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯî (DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: he·ḥĕ·yāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">has kept me alive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty-five</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: wə·ḥā·mêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: mê·’āz (Prep:: Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">word</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">while</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">wandered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">here</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I am today,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">eighty-five</a> <a href="/hebrew/8084.htm" title="8084: ū·šə·mō·w·nîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- An eighty. Or shmowniym; mult. From shmoneh; eighty, also eightieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years old,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> 11still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Numbers 14:30</a> Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-35.htm">Deuteronomy 1:35-36</a> “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” <a href="/numbers/26-65.htm">Numbers 26:65</a> For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Numbers 14:24</a> But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it. <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14</a> The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. <a href="/numbers/32-11.htm">Numbers 32:11-12</a> ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— / not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Deuteronomy 34:7</a> Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Genesis 12:4</a> So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. <a href="/genesis/15-15.htm">Genesis 15:15</a> You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a> The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a> And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter. <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a> Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a> And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a> And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, see, I am this day fourscore and five years old.forty<a href="/joshua/11-18.htm">Joshua 11:18</a> Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33,34</a> And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness… wandered [heb] walked <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/9-20.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/joshua/14-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/4-48.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Eighty-Five</a> <a href="/joshua/14-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/9-26.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joshua/14-9.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Time</a> <a href="/joshua/7-25.htm">Today</a> <a href="/joshua/14-9.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/joshua/14-7.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/8-19.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/3-30.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">Eighty-Five</a> <a href="/joshua/14-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/21-45.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joshua/14-11.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/14-12.htm">Time</a> <a href="/joshua/14-11.htm">Today</a> <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-20.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/joshua/19-50.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 14</div>1. <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot</a> 6. <a href="/joshua/14-6.htm">Caleb by privilege obtains Hebron</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now behold, as the LORD promised This phrase emphasizes the faithfulness of God in fulfilling His promises. The promise referred to here is found in <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Numbers 14:24</a>, where God assured Caleb that he would enter the Promised Land because of his faithfulness. This highlights the biblical theme of God's covenant faithfulness, a recurring motif throughout Scripture, seen in His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.He has kept me alive these forty-five years Caleb acknowledges God's providence in sustaining his life. This period of 45 years includes the 40 years of Israel's wandering in the wilderness and the subsequent 5 years of conquest in Canaan. The preservation of Caleb's life is a testament to God's protection and provision, similar to how God sustained the Israelites with manna and quail.since He spoke this word to Moses The "word" refers to God's promise that Caleb would inherit the land he had explored (<a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Numbers 14:24</a>). Moses, as the leader and prophet, was the intermediary through whom God communicated His will. This underscores the importance of prophetic leadership in Israel's history and the authority of God's word delivered through His chosen servants.while Israel wandered in the wilderness This phrase recalls the period of Israel's disobedience and lack of faith, resulting in their 40-year journey in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). It serves as a reminder of the consequences of unbelief and disobedience, contrasting with Caleb's faithfulness. The wilderness experience is often seen as a time of testing and preparation for entering the Promised Land.So here I am today, eighty-five years old Caleb's age signifies not only the passage of time but also his enduring strength and faith. At 85, he is still ready to claim his inheritance, demonstrating that God's promises are not limited by human age or ability. This reflects the biblical principle that God empowers those who trust in Him, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a>, where those who hope in the Lord renew their strength. Caleb's life is a type of Christ in his unwavering faith and obedience, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises in Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/caleb.htm">Caleb</a> One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. He is known for his faithfulness and trust in God's promises. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel who promised Caleb that he would inherit the land he had explored. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who received God's promise regarding Caleb's inheritance. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel's_wilderness_wanderings.htm">Israel's Wilderness Wanderings</a> The 40-year period during which the Israelites wandered in the desert due to their disobedience and lack of faith. 5. <a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm">Hebron</a> The land Caleb was promised, which he later received as his inheritance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_over_time.htm">Faithfulness Over Time</a> Caleb's life exemplifies steadfast faithfulness. Despite the long wait, he remained committed to God's promise. Believers are encouraged to remain faithful, trusting in God's timing. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> Caleb's account is a testament to God's unwavering faithfulness. God keeps His promises, and believers can rest assured in His word. <a href="/topical/s/strength_in_old_age.htm">Strength in Old Age</a> Caleb's vigor at 85 years old is a reminder that God can empower us at any age to fulfill His purposes. Age should not be a barrier to serving God. <a href="/topical/w/wholehearted_devotion.htm">Wholehearted Devotion</a> Caleb's wholehearted following of God is a model for believers. Our devotion should be complete, not half-hearted. <a href="/topical/p/patience_and_perseverance.htm">Patience and Perseverance</a> Caleb waited 45 years to see the fulfillment of God's promise. This teaches the importance of patience and perseverance in the Christian walk.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 14</a> <a href="/q/how_is_caleb_as_strong_at_85_as_at_40.htm">In Joshua 14:10–11, how can an 85-year-old Caleb realistically maintain the same physical strength he had at 40? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_joshua_3_compare_to_other_water-partings.htm">How does the crossing in Joshua 3 compare with contradictory or differing accounts of water-parting miracles elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_moses_strong_at_120_(deut._34_7).htm">Why is Moses described as having undiminished strength at 120 years old, considering normal human aging (Deut. 34:7)? </a> <a href="/q/who_was_caleb_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Caleb in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Forty and five years. This marks the date of the present conversation as occurring seven years after the invasion. Caleb was forty years of age when be went to spy the land of Canaan. For thirty-eight years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness. And Caleb was now eighty-five years old. This remark has been made as far back as the time of Theedoret. Doubtless the apportionment of the land, and its occupation by the Israelites, was a long and tedious business (see also <a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">Joshua 13:1</a>). Even since. Literally, from the time when. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/14-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time behold, הִנֵּה֩ (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [the LORD] promised, דִּבֵּר֒ (dib·bêr) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue [He] יְהוָ֣ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has kept me alive הֶחֱיָ֨ה (he·ḥĕ·yāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive these זֶה֩ (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that forty-five אַרְבָּעִ֨ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> Forty years שָׁנָ֗ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year since מֵ֠אָז (mê·’āz) Preposition | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> At that time, place, therefore [He] יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel spoke דִּבֶּ֨ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that word הַדָּבָ֤ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Moses, מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver while אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc wandered הָלַ֥ךְ (hā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in the wilderness. בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech So וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time here הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! I am today, אָנֹכִ֣י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I eighty-five חָמֵ֥שׁ (ḥā·mêš) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five years old, בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/14-10.htm">Joshua 14:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/14-10.htm">OT History: Joshua 14:10 Now behold Yahweh has kept me alive (Josh. 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