Joshua 10:13
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Joshua 10:13 in other translations
| BSB | So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” |
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| WEB | The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day. |
| ASV | And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. |
| YLT | and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood--till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, ‘and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in--as a perfect day?' |
| DARBY | And the sun stood still, and the moon remained where it was, until the nation had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? And the sun remained standing in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a full day. |
| BBE | And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day. |
| Webster | And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. |
What does Joshua 10:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:12-15
Jos 10:12-15. The Sun and Moon Stand Still at the Word of Joshua. 12-15. Then spake Joshua to the Lord ... and ... he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still ... and thou, Moon--The inspired author here breaks off the thread of his history of this miraculous victory to introduce a quotation from an ancient poem, in which the mighty acts of that day were commemorated. The passage, which is parenthetical…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 10:7-14
The meanest and most feeble, who have just begun to trust the Lord, are as much entitled to be protected as those who have long and faithfully been his servants. It is our duty to defend the afflicted, who, like the Gibeonites, are brought into trouble on our account, or for the sake of the gospel. Joshua would not forsake his new vassals. How much less shall our true Joshua fail those who trust in Him! We may be…
Joshua 10:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 10:13
- Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
- Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
- Joshua 10:14
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.
- Judges 16:28
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- 2 Samuel 1:18
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
- Psalms 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- Esther 8:13
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
- Psalms 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Psalms 19:4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 31:2; Jud 5:2; 16:28; Es 8:13; Lu 18:7; Re 6:10
Jasher. or, the upright.
Nu 21:14; 2Sa 1:18
So the sun.
11,14; Ps 19:4; 74:16,17; 136:7-9; 148:3; Isa 24:23; 38:8
Joe 2:10,31; 3:15; Mt 5:45; 24:29; Ac 2:20; Re 6:12; 8:12; 16:8,9
Re 21:23
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Context
- Joshua 10:12
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
- Joshua 10:13
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
- Joshua 10:14
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sol se detuvo y la luna se paró, hasta tanto que la gente se hubo vengado de sus enemigos. ¿No está aquesto escrito en el libro de Jasher? Y el sol se paró en medio del cielo, y no se apresuró á ponerse casi un día entero. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le soleil s’arrêta, et la lune demeura où elle était, jusqu’à ce que la nation se soit vengée de ses ennemis. Cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre de Jashar? Et le soleil demeura au milieu des cieux, et ne se hâta point de se coucher, environ un jour entier. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Sonne stand still, und der Mond blieb stehen, bis die Nation sich an ihren Feinden gerächt hatte. Und die Sonne blieb mitten am Himmel stehen und eilte nicht zum Untergang, ungefähr einen ganzen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Steteruntque sol et luna, donec ulcisceretur se gens de inimicis suis. Nonne scriptum est hoc in libro justorum? Stetit itaque sol in medio cæli, et non festinavit occumbere spatio unius diei. |