Joshua 15:2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
Joshua 15:2 in other translations
| BSB | Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea, |
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| WEB | Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward; |
| ASV | And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward; |
| YLT | and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward; |
| DARBY | And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; |
| BBE | Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south: |
| Webster | And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward: |
What does Joshua 15:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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 15:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 15:2
- Isaiah 11:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
- Ezekiel 47:8
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
- Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
- Ezekiel 47:18
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
- Numbers 34:3
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
- Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
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Context
- Joshua 15:1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
- Joshua 15:2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
- Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Joshua 15:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y su término de la parte del mediodía fué desde la costa del mar Salado, desde la lengua que mira hacia el mediodía; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et leur frontière méridionale était depuis le bout de la mer Salée, depuis la pointe qui regarde vers le midi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihre Südgrenze war vom Ende des Salzmeeres, von der Zunge, die sich gegen Süden wendet; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Initium ejus a summitate maris salsissimi, et a lingua ejus, quæ respicit meridiem. |