Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GYehoshua called for all Yisra'el—their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers—and said to them: 'I have grown old and am well along in years.'
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageJoshua summoned all Israel—their elders, their leaders, their judges, and their officers—and said to them: 'I am old now, well advanced in years.'
BSB
Berean Standard Biblehe summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
Footnotes
The fourfold listing—elders, heads (ro'shim), judges (shofetim), and officers (shotrim)—represents the full governmental and judicial structure of the tribal confederation. This is Joshua's formal farewell address, deliberately paralleling Moses' final speeches in Deuteronomy (chs. 29–33). The aged leader gathers the entire leadership apparatus: his words are constitutional, not merely personal. FOG preserves the Hebrew sequence; FOG Message renders it in natural English order.
