Joshua 10 · Verse 21

Joshua 10:21

And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:21, King James Version

Joshua 10:21 in other translations

BSBThe whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
WEBall the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
ASVthat all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
YLTthat all the people turn back to the camp, unto Joshua, at Makkedah, in peace; none moved sharply his tongue against the sons of Israel.
DARBYand all the people returned to the camp to Joshua, at Makkedah, in peace; none moved his tongue against the children of Israel.
BBEAll the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel.
WebsterAnd all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

What does Joshua 10:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:16-27

Jos 10:16-27. The Five Kings Hanged. 16-27. these five kings ... hid themselves in a cave--Hebrew, "the cave." at Makkedah--The pursuit was continued, without interruption, to Makkedah at the foot of the western mountains, where Joshua seems to have halted with the main body of his troops while a detachment was sent forward to scour the country in pursuit of the remaining stragglers, a few of whom succeeded in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 None moved his tongue - The whole transaction of this important day had been carried on so evidently under the direction of God that there was not the least murmuring, nor cause for it, among them, for their enemies were all discomfited. There is an expression similar to this, Exo 11:7, on which the reader is requested to consult the note.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 10:15-27

None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This shows their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebels against the Israel of God. Refuges of lies will but secure for God's judgment. God punished the abominable wickedness of these kings, the measure of whose iniquity was now full. And by this public act of justice, done upon these ringleaders of the Canaanites in sin, he would…

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Joshua 10:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֩vai.ya.shu.Vuand they returnedH7725
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֨םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמַּחֲנֶ֧הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
מַקֵּדָ֖הma.ke.DahMakkedahH4719
בְּשָׁל֑וֹםbe.sha.Lomin peaceH7965
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
חָרַ֞ץcha.Ratzhe sharpenedH2782
לִבְנֵ֧יliv.Neito [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְאִ֖ישׁle.'Ishto anyoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לְשֹׁנֽוֹ\׃le.sho.Notongue hisH3956

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 10:21

  • Exodus 11:7

    But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

  • Isaiah 54:17

    No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 57:4

    Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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to the camp.
15-17
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Ex 11:7; Isa 54:17; 57:4

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Context

  • Joshua 10:20

    And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

  • Joshua 10:21

    And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 10:22

    Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

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Joshua 10:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y todo el pueblo se volvió salvo al campo á Josué en Maceda; que no hubo quien moviese su lengua contra los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tout le peuple retourna en paix au camp, vers Josué, à Makkéda; personne ne remua sa langue contre les fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		da kehrte das ganze Volk in Frieden zu Josua zurück, in das Lager nach Makkeda; niemand spitzte seine Zunge gegen die Kinder Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Reversusque est omnis exercitus ad Josue in Maceda, ubi tunc erant castra, sani et integro numero: nullusque contra filios Israël mutire ausus est.