Joshua 15:12
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Joshua 15:12 in other translations
| BSB | And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah. |
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| WEB | The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families. |
| ASV | And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families. |
| YLT | And the west border is to the great sea, and its border; this is the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families. |
| DARBY | — And the west border is the great sea and its coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. |
| BBE | And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families. |
| Webster | And the west border was to the great sea, and its coast: this is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. |
What does Joshua 15:12 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 15:1-12
Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned. In due time all God's people are settled.
Joshua 15:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 15:12
- Ezekiel 47:20
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
- Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
- Numbers 34:6-7
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
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Context
- Joshua 15:11
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
- Joshua 15:12
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
- Joshua 15:13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
Joshua 15:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El término del occidente es la mar grande. Este pues, es el término de los hijos de Judá en derredor, por sus familias. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Et la frontière occidentale était la grande mer et ses côtes. Telle fut la frontière des fils de Juda, tout à l’entour, selon leurs familles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Westgrenze war das große Meer und das Angrenzende Das war die Grenze der Kinder Juda ringsum nach ihren Geschlechtern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hi sunt termini filiorum Juda per circuitum in cognationibus suis. |