Joshua 2:7
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Joshua 2:7 in other translations
| BSB | So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut. |
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| WEB | The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. |
| ASV | And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. |
| YLT | And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them. |
| DARBY | And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate. |
| BBE | So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut. |
| Webster | And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. |
What does Joshua 2:7 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 2:1-7
Faith in God's promises ought not to do away, but to encourage our diligence in the use of proper means. The providence of God directed the spies to the house of Rahab. God knew where there was one that would be true to them, though they did not. Rahab appears to have been an innkeeper; and if she had formerly been one of bad life, which is doubtful, she had left her evil courses. That which seems to us most…
Joshua 2:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 2:7
- Judges 3:28
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
- Joshua 2:5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
- Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
- Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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Context
- Joshua 2:6
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
- Joshua 2:7
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- Joshua 2:8
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Joshua 2:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los hombres fueron tras ellos por el camino del Jordán, hasta los vados: y la puerta fué cerrada después que salieron los que tras ellos iban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les hommes les poursuivirent par le chemin du Jourdain, jusqu’aux gués; et après que ceux qui les poursuivaient furent sortis, on ferma la porte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Männer jagten ihnen nach, des Weges zum Jordan, nach den Furten hin; und man schloß das Tor, sobald die, welche ihnen nachjagten, hinaus waren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hi autem, qui missi fuerant, secuti sunt eos per viam, quæ ducit ad vadum Jordanis: illisque egressis statim porta clausa est. |