Joshua 10 · Verse 9

Joshua 10:9

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
Joshua 10:9, King James Version

Joshua 10:9 in other translations

BSBAfter marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.
WEBJoshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.
ASVJoshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.
YLTAnd Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal),
DARBYAnd Joshua came upon them suddenly; he went up from Gilgal all night.
BBESo Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.
WebsterJoshua therefore came to them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

What does Joshua 10:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly--This is explained in the following clause, where he is described as having accomplished, by a forced march of picked men, in one night, a distance of twenty-six miles, which, according to the slow pace of Eastern armies and caravans, had formerly been a three days' journey (Jos 9:17). Jos 10:10, 11. God Fights against Them with Hailstones.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Joshua - came unto them suddenly - This he did by a forced march during the night, for he went up from Gilgal all night; from Gilgal to Gibeon was about eighteen or twenty miles; and, having fallen so unexpectedly on these confederate kings, they were immediately thrown into confusion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Joshua 10:9 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.

וַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
פִּתְאֹ֑םpit.'OmsuddenlyH6597
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַלַּ֕יְלָהha.Lay.lahthe nightH3915
עָלָ֖ה'a.Lahhe had gone upH5927
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַגִּלְגָּֽל\׃ha.gil.Gal<the> GilgalH1537

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

Cross references for Joshua 10:9

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Proverbs 24:11-12

    If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  • Proverbs 22:29

    Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

  • 2 Timothy 2:3

    Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Samuel 11:9-11

    And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

  • 2 Timothy 4:2

    Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all night.
1Sa 11:9-11; Pr 22:29; 24:11,12; Ec 9:10; 2Ti 2:3; 4:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 10:8

    And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

  • Joshua 10:9

    Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

  • Joshua 10:10

    And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

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Joshua 10:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Josué vino á ellos de repente, toda la noche subió desde Gilgal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josué arriva sur eux tout à coup; il monta de Guilgal toute la nuit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Josua kam plötzlich über sie; die ganze Nacht zog er von Gilgal hinauf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Irruit itaque Josue super eos repente, tota nocte ascendens de Galgalis.