Judges 2:7 (YLT)

Passage

and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:5 and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.

Judges 2:6 And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

Judges 2:7 and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

Judges 2:8 And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

Judges 2:9 and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "serve", "jehovah", "days", "joshua", "elders", and "prolonged". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "serve", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Joshua sendeth the people away and..." into verse 8's "And Joshua son of Nun servant of...", so "people" and "serve" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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