約書亞對以色列人說：“耶和華你們列祖的神賜給你們的地，你們遲遲不去佔領，要到幾時呢？

约书亚对以色列人说：“耶和华你们列祖的神所赐给你们的地，你们耽延不去得，要到几时呢？

约书亚对以色列人说：“耶和华—你们列祖的上帝所赐给你们的地，你们耽延不去得，要到几时呢？

约书亚对以色列人说：“耶和华—你们列祖的神所赐给你们的地，你们耽延不去得，要到几时呢？

约书亚对他们说：“你们等到什么时候才去占领你们祖先的上帝耶和华赐给你们的土地呢？

约书亚对以色列人说：“耶和华你们列祖的神赐给你们的地，你们迟迟不去占领，要到几时呢？

約書亞對以色列人說：「耶和華－你們列祖的神所賜給你們的地，你們躭延不去得，要到幾時呢？

約書亞對以色列人說：「耶和華－你們列祖的上帝所賜給你們的地，你們躭延不去得，要到幾時呢？

約書亞對以色列人說：「耶和華－你們列祖的神所賜給你們的地，你們躭延不去得，要到幾時呢？

約書亞對他們說：「你們等到什麼時候才去佔領你們祖先的上帝耶和華賜給你們的土地呢？

約書亞對以色列人說：『永恆主你們列祖的上帝所賜給你們的地、你們懈怠怠不進去取得它、要到幾時呢？

約書亞謂以色列族曰、爾祖之上帝耶和華予爾之地、爾遲遲不往取之、將至何時乎、

約書亞告以色列族曰、爾祖之上帝耶和華錫爾斯土、爾意寢怠、尚未能得、將俟何時乎。

約書亞謂以色列人曰、主爾祖之天主所賜爾之地、爾遲遲不往取之、將至何時、

So Joshua said to the Israelites:“ How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

So Joshua spoke to the Israelites. He said,“ The Lord, the God of your people, has given you this land. How long will you wait before you begin to take it over?

So Joshua said to the people of Israel,“ How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Then Joshua asked them,“ How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given to you?

So Joshua asked the Israelites,“ How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, gave you?

So Joshua said to the sons of Israel,“ How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Then Joshua said to the children of Israel:“ How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

So Joshua said to the Israelites,“ How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long[ are] ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

So Joshua said to the Israelites:“ How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?

Joshua said to the children of Israel,“ How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

他們回答：“起來，我們上去攻擊他們吧。因為我們已經看過那地，見那地十分美好，你們還靜坐不動嗎？不可再遲延，要趕快去取得那地。

游手好閒的，招致貧窮，勤力工作的，得到富足。

到了那日，必有人對耶路撒冷說：“錫安哪！不要懼怕；你的手不要下垂。

懶惰人的道路好像荊棘籬笆；正直人的路徑是平坦的大道。

懶惰人渴求，卻一無所得；殷勤人必得豐裕。

下午五點鐘左右，他再出去，看見還有人站著，就問他們：‘你們為甚麼整天站在這裡不去作工？’

所以弟兄們，要更加努力，使你們所蒙的呼召和揀選堅定不移；你們若實行這幾樣，就決不會跌倒。這樣，你們就得著充分的裝備，可以進入我們的主和救主耶穌基督永遠的國。

弟兄們，我不以為自己已經得著了，我只有一件事，就是忘記背後，努力前面的事，向著目標竭力追求，為要得著神在基督耶穌裡召我往上去得的獎賞。

留心聽智慧，致力求聰明；如果你為求哲理而呼喊，為求聰明而揚聲；如果你尋找它如同尋找銀子，搜尋它好像搜尋寶藏；你就明白怎樣敬畏耶和華，並且獲得對神的認識。因為耶和華賜人智慧，知識和聰明都出自他的口。

凡是你手可作的，都當盡力去作；因為在你所要去的陰間裡，既沒有工作，又沒有籌謀；沒有知識，也沒有智慧。

不要為那必朽壞的食物操勞，卻要為那存到永生的食物操勞，就是人子所要賜給你們的，因為人子是父神所印證的。”