Joshua 14:11

As strong. The reward of a life of virtuous youth and temperate manhood, by nature’s own law, is ordinarily a vigorous, healthy, and respected old age. Loyalty to God had apparently preserved Caleb from the dissipating sins of his fellow Israelites. He had not indulged appetite as they had, nor had he lost sleep and rest at night struggling with a pained conscience. His abstemious life had paid off in dividends in this life, and now he presented himself before Joshua with undiminished strength at an age when most others had already been called from this life.