Joshua 1:4 (YLT)

Passage

From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea--the going in of the sun--is your border.

Nearby Context

Joshua 1:2 `Moses my servant is dead, and now, rise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

Joshua 1:3 `Every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses.

Joshua 1:4 From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea--the going in of the sun--is your border.

Joshua 1:5 `No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee;

Joshua 1:6 be strong and courageous, for thou--thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wilderness", "lebanon", "great", "river", "phrath", "land", and "hittites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wilderness" and "lebanon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Every place on which the sole of..." into verse 5's "No man doth station himself before thee...", so "wilderness" and "lebanon" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wilderness" and "lebanon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.